At least 10 people died on the spot after a tanker loaded with molasses collided with a commuter taxi along Iganga-Tororo highway in Bugiri district. The accident happened on 7.50 PM.
According to the police, ten vehicles were moving in a line all headed to Tororo. However, the impatient taxi driver decided to overtake them upon which he came face to face with a tanker loaded with molasses, which was traveling in the opposite direction towards Iganga.
“Motor vehicle registration number UAW 963m, a Toyota Hiace, attempted to overtake a queue of vehicles mentioned above. The driver noticed an oncoming vehicle while still overtaking and swerved to the left to yield, unaware that the oncoming vehicle was a trailer tanker loaded with molasses and pulling another trailer. The rear part of the trailer collided with the taxi, crushing it against another trailer, KBJ 155c/ZD 2621, a Mercedes Benz. Consequently, the trailer tanker lost control, overturned, and caught fire. 10 people, including 8 passengers of the taxi, its driver, and the trailer tanker driver, lost their lives on the spot,” the police said
The bodies were transported to Bugiri hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination as investigations continue.
