Emergency #1473 26.09.2021

Name Vehicle Accident in Type Vehicle Accident - Car,truck,etc Date 2019-02-04 Injured/Dead person 48/4 Affected buildings 0 Evacuated/Rescued person 0/0 Population density in affected area 0 Rescuers 0 Rescue means/aviation 0/0

Description: Four people died on the spot and 48 others sustained injuries in an accident involving Link Bus in Nakasongola district along the -Gulu highway. The accident occurred at around 10 am today when a Link Bus, registration number, UBA 332B swerved off the road after a tire puncture. After losing control, the bus overturned and slipped into the trench at Namayonjo village in Wabinyonyi sub-county along Kampala-Gulu highway. Police officers and residents rushed to the scene where many of the injured were removed from the wreckage and rushed to Nakasongola military hospital, Bombo military hospital, Nakasongola health center IV, and health center IV and Mulago hospital for treatment. The dead have been transferred to Nakasongola health center IV mortuary. Savannah regional police spokesperson Paul Kangave said that the injured sustained multiple wounds on legs, arms, and heads. On Saturday last week, one person died on the spot and nine others critically injured in an accident involving Gaagaa bus in Nakasongola district along Kampala-Gulu highway. The accident occurred at around at Kibira zone in Migyera township's when Gaagaa bus registration number UAP 765H heading to Kampala knocked a stationary trailer registration number UAW 766T/UAS 116K of Panfric company from behind before it overturned.

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