Watu 16 wafariki katika ajali ya gari walipokuwa wakirejea kutoka msibani

Chachu Ombara

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Ajali ya barabarani iliyohusisha lori na daladala kwenye barabara kuu ya Kagadi-Kyenjojo katika halmashauri ya mji wa Nyanseke-Muhorro, wilayani Kagadi.

Ajali hiyo pia imewaacha wengine kadhaa kujeruhiwa vibaya, ambao wote wanaripotiwa kuwa walikuwa wakirejea kutoka mazishi.

Kaimu afisa wa trafiki wa Kagadi Alex Akampulira anasema daladala iliyokuwa ikielekea Kagadi kutoka Fort Portal mnamo saa 7:30 usiku wa Jumapili, iligongana ana kwa ana na njia iliyokuwa ikielekea Kyenjojo karibu na daraja la Muziizi.

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A road crash involving a silver fish-laden truck and a taxi has claimed the lives of 16 people on the Kagadi-Kyenjojo highway in Nyanseke-Muhorro town council, Kagadi district.

The crash between truck: UAD 431Q and taxi: UBM 426V has also left several others critically injured, all of whom are reported to have been returning from a burial.

Acting Kagadi traffic officer Alex Akampulira says the taxi that was heading to Kagadi from Fort Portal at about 7:30pm on Sunday, collided head-on with the track heading to Kyenjojo near Muziizi bridge.

Akampulira attributed the accident to the loss of control by the truck driver after failing to brake. As a result of the mechanical breakdown, the truck ended up crashing into the taxi that was heading in the opposite direction.

Most of the deceased, including taxi driver Henry Acaali, were residents of Kagadi town council and were coming from a burial in Fort-Portal city.

However, by press time, the rest of the victims had not yet been identified.

Kyamutunzi town council mayor Mustafa Maliiro said several crashes that have claimed peoples lives have happened in the same black spot.


Five survivors

Kagadi district Police commander Patrick Opiyo said the bodies of the deceased have been taken to Kagadi Hospital mortuary.

He added that the five survivors are admitted to Muhorro community health centre and Kagadi Hospital.

He revealed that out of the five people who survived only one person was from the taxi while the remaining four were occupants of the truck.


Source: 16 die in crash while returning from burial - New Vision Official
 
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