Daily Monitor
Friday February 12 2021
The fuel tanker in flames at Kasunganyanja town along Fort Portal-Kasese Road. Four people have so far been confirmed dead. PHOTO | ALEX ASHABA
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Four people have been confirmed dead by police after a fuel tanker hit a stationary lorry at Kasunganyaja trading centre, along Fort Portal-Kasese Road in Bunyangabu District.
According to Mr Edward Kyaligonza, a journalist who was at the scene, the fuel tanker was heading to Kasese from Fort Portal side and when it reached the slope along Kasunganyanja trading centre, the driver reportedly lost control before the tanker hit the lorry that was being loaded with matooke.
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 04 2021
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Questions also lingered about the time the accident happened and when help reached the victims, with Uganda Red Cross Society, (URCS) and police giving conflicting accounts.
Some women wailed loudly while a number clasped their hands across their chests as they shook their heads in disbelief.
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The spot on the Hima-Rugendabara road in western Uganda where multiple-vehicle collision claimed 10 lives on Tuesday night was a black spot known to government authorities, but lacked warning signs for motorists.
In addition, the highway section is under reconstruction and was piled with mounds of gravel which rendered only one side of the road motorable, police and Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) confirmed yesterday.