At least three people were killed in a Ntungamo town centre accident on Sunday evening including a hardware business owner in Kagarama town Ntungamo district and Driver of Rwanda decent.
Three vehicles were involved in the accident that happened at the Ntungamo- Kabale, Ntungamo Rukungiri road junction. They included a Fuso Box Body Reg No. UAN 492S, a syno-truck Reg No. UBS 724B and an unidentified Toyota wish vehicle.
The Ntungamo district police Commander Mr Hannington Bushaija identified the dead at Mr Musinguzi David a driver and owner of a Syno-truck involved in the accident; he was also proprietor of Musinguzi General Hard ware in Kagarama town. Other deceased are Mr Habomuremye Silvestre a Rwandan Businessman trading in palm Oil and Mr Sula Kayongo a Fuso driver and owner.
“We have not established the cause of the accident, the people who would have given us statements to ascertain the cause all died, we can only rely on the driver of the Wish who has not come to police to make his statement.” Mr Bushaija noted.
Eyewitnesses say the accident happened after the Fuso that was coming from Rukungiri side suspected to have failed to break hit a high hump at the Fuelex Petrol station. The Driver then lost control of the vehicle that was loaded with palm Oil locally called amamera from DRC avoiding the Wish vehicle to ram into the Syno-truck that had just curved off from the Kabale highway overturning. The Toyota Wish was hit on the side also veering off the road into the trench.
There has been a reduction in major fatal accidents along Ntungamo roads in the past 6 months wth fewer accidents reported compared to the same period last year.
MR Bushaija said Police has since embarked on general sensitization of key stakeholders on the road and increased deployment of police to check speed and adherence of road usage. He however noted that there are signs of increased recklessness that must be checked still.
The dead bodies were taken to Itojo Hospital while there was no report of injuries established by press time.
