Eleven injured as Gateway bus overturns in Rukiga
11 people are nursing injuries following an accident involving a Gateway bus along Ntungamo-Kabale road, Rukiga district.
The accident happened at Rwabahazi village on Sunday at around 6:10 am. According to survivors, the driver of the Scania bus, registration number, UBM 707X, that was heading to Kabale from Kampala failed to negotiate a corner and knocked a female pedestrian identified as Dafuroza Rwakinda.
In the process, the bus veered off the road, hit a trench, and overturned. As a result, 10 people who were travelling in the bus were injured.
The casualties include; Karim Balabye, 54, driver of the bus, and a resident of Bugembe in Jinja district, Asumpta Kyomuhangi, 40, from Nansana, Ronnie Nowamani, 18, also from Nansana in Wakiso district, Blaire Nowamani, 14, Brandon Nowembabazi, 11, from Kabale district Patience Busingye,49, Benson Kiconco,55 from Kampala, Pauson Asimwe, 40, from Rubanda District, Richard Basisha, 34, a Rwandan national and Tracy Ninsima, 21, a resident of Muhanga town council in Rukiga district.
Elly Maate, police spokesperson for Kigezi region, said that Rwakinda, who is critically injured, and others were rushed to Kabale regional referral hospital.
Other casualties are admitted at the ROTOM Health Centre in Muhanga town council. Maate says that the wreckage of the bus has been towed to Muhanga police station for inspection as investigations into the matter continue.
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