Two buses travelling in reverse instructions on the Kampala-Gulu Freeway collided head-on whereas overtaking.
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At the very least 63 individuals have been killed in a significant street accident involving a number of autos on the freeway between Uganda’s capital Kampala and the northern metropolis of Gulu, police have stated.
The collision came about simply after midnight [21:00 GMT on Tuesday] and was brought on by two buses coming from reverse instructions attempting to overhaul a truck and a automobile.
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“Within the course of, each buses met head-on through the overtaking manoeuvres,” the Uganda Police Drive stated in an announcement on X. “Sixty-three individuals misplaced lives, all occupants from concerned autos.”
The police added that “as investigations proceed, we strongly urge all motorists to train most warning on the roads, particularly avoiding harmful and careless overtaking, which stays one of many main causes of crashes within the nation”.
These travelling within the truck and the automobile had been injured and brought to Kiryandongo Hospital and different close by medical services, the assertion stated. It didn’t give additional particulars on the quantity injured or the extent of their wounds.
The Kampala-Gulu Freeway is considered one of Uganda’s busiest because it connects the capital with the largest city in northern Uganda.
The dying toll within the newest crash is uncommonly excessive, stated Irene Nakasiita, a Purple Cross spokeswoman who described victims left bleeding with damaged limbs.
She stated the pictures from the scene had been too grotesque to share, including that “the magnitude of this incident is so huge”.
In Uganda, 5,144 individuals had been killed in street crashes in 2024, in accordance with police figures. That quantity rose from 4,806 in 2023 and 4,534 in 2022.