Bus collision with truck leaves 14 dead in remote area of northern Uganda
Police said speeding may have caused the head-on collision, and both drivers died as authorities work to identify the victims.
- On Tuesday night, a head-on collision between an Opit Travellers bus and a trailer killed 14 people and injured 28 along the Kampala-Gulu Highway in Omoro District, Uganda.
- Preliminary police reports attribute the crash to speeding, though eyewitness accounts suggest the bus driver lost control while attempting to avoid a pedestrian before swerving into the oncoming trailer.
- Aswa West Region Police Spokesperson David Ongom Mudong confirmed both the bus and trailer drivers died on the spot, with injured passengers receiving treatment at Lacor Hospital and Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.
- Authorities are currently working to identify the deceased and notify their families, while Mudong appealed to passengers to speak out against dangerous driving to promote road safety.
- This tragedy adds to a growing number of fatal crashes along the Kampala-Gulu Highway, with officials frequently citing speeding and reckless driving as leading causes of accidents in Uganda.
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[Independent (Kampala)] Gulu -- Police have confirmed that 14 people were killed in Tuesday night's head-on collision involving a bus belonging to Opit Travellers and a trailer along the Kampala-Gulu Highway in Omoro District. The crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. at Kulu Otit Village in Bobi Sub-County, where the Gulu-bound bus collided head-on with a trailer heading towards Kampala.
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Bus collision with truck leaves 14 dead in remote area of northern Uganda
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Uganda authorities investigate the causes of the accident on the Kampala-Gulu road, where injured persons were also reported.
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