The Kampala-Gulu Highway accident has claimed lives of 9 people and left five others sustaining serious injuries after a road crash at Sinalya village in Bombo Town Council.
The accident left eight women and one man dead, after two vehicles collided on Saturday 9th July 2022 where a commuter taxi a Toyota Hiace (PSV) Reg. No. UBD 850J and a Tipper Lorry an Isuzu Elf Reg. No. UAH 316P. according to Uganda Police.
The Police in a statement alleged that a speeding service vehicle Toyota Hiace was moving from Kampala to Gulu side and while slopping to Sinalya valley burst its rear tyre, lost control and overturned several times before colliding with an oncoming motor vehicle.
The Toyota Hiace’s driver Richard Ssebbowa lost control and overturned it several times. While overturning, it collided with an oncoming Tipper Lorry driven by Richard Nsasaga, which also overturned after the collision.
All the seven women and one man who were traveling in the taxi killed on the spot. Another female passenger in the taxi died on the way to Mulago Hospital. All deceased persons are yet to be identified.
Police has so far managed to only identify five people who were injured. They include; Richard Nsasaga, 63, the driver of the lorry and a resident of Nansana in Wakiso. The other is Richard Ssebbowa, 22, the driver of the taxi and a resident of Matugga still in Wakiso.
The other injured persons are Bravo Ssebukera, 18, a resident of Nansana, Nasser Busulwa, 29, and Ibrahim Kyakiwa, 35, both residents of Bwaise. The injured were rushed to Bombo General Military Hospital but they were immediately referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital.
The dead bodies were taken to Luwero Hospital Mortuary for Postmortem. The body of one female passenger who died in transit to Mulago was taken to Kampala City Mortuary Mulago for an autopsy. Police have owed the wreckages of both vehicles to Bombo Police Station.
According to police statistics, some 20,000 road accidents occur nationwide each year, causing more than 2,000 deaths and thus making Uganda among the countries with the highest traffic fatality rates
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