At least ten people, including a pedestrian, were injured after a bus carrying passengers from Kampala to Kabale District lost control and overturned at Rwabahaze Cell in Muhanga Town Council, Rukiga District, police reported on Sunday.
The accident occurred around 6:58 a.m. along the Ntungamo-Kabale Highway in Southern Uganda, according to Kigezi Region Police spokesperson Elly Maate. Fortunately, no fatalities were recorded.
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“The bus, a Scania with registration number UBM 707X and owned by Gateway Bus Company, was travelling from Kampala to Kabale,” Maate stated during a press briefing.
The injured were taken to Rotom Health Centre in Muhanga and Kabale Regional Referral Hospital for medical attention.
According to police, the crash happened when the driver lost control at Rwabahaze and struck a woman who was walking toward Rwahi in Ntungamo District. The bus then veered into a roadside water trench and overturned, injuring both the pedestrian and several passengers.
Maate did not immediately disclose the condition of the pedestrian.
Following the incident, Rukiga’s District Traffic Officer and a team of investigators visited the crash site, took witness statements, documented the scene with a sketch, and had the bus towed to Rukiga Police Station for further inspection.
Investigations into the cause of the accident are ongoing.
Those injured in the incident include:
- Rwakinda Dafroza Tumushabe, 77, pedestrian from Nyakabungo Cell, Muhanga Town Council
- Balabye Karim, 54, the bus driver, resident of Bugembe, Jinja District
- Kyomuhangi Assumpta, 40, businesswoman from Nansana, Wakiso District
- Nowamani Ronnie, 18, from Nansana, Wakiso District
- Nowamani Blaire, 14, from Kabale District
- Nowembabazi Brandon, 11, from Kabale District
- Busingye Patience, 49, from Kampala
- Kicoco Benson, 55, from Kampala
- Asiimwe Pauson, 40, from Rubanda District
- Basisha Richard, 34, a national of Rwanda
- Ninsima Tracey, 21, from Muhanga Town Council
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