Uganda: Heavy Truck Crashes Taxi While Reversing, Kills 4 People

 

The wreckage of the ill-fated Toyota Hiace being towed

Police in central Uganda are searching for an unidentified truck driver who allegedly caused an accident in the Luwero locality. The wreckage of the ill-fated Toyota Hiace being towed to a police station in Luwero.  How truck caused ancient in central Uganda According to the relevant authorities, the trucker was reversing on the busy Kampala-Gulu Highway when he rammed into a taxi, a Toyota Hiace. Monitor reported that four people were killed on the spot, and six others sustained critical injuries.

 Among the fatalities were the taxi driver. The trucker fled the accident scene immediately. “We are actively searching for the truck driver responsible for this tragic accident,” police told the press. The survivors were admitted to the Luwero Hospital, and the bodies of the deceased were booked to the morgue within the same facility. A manhunt for the truck driver was successively launched by the state law enforcers. Back home, 10 people died in a nasty road crash at a spot on the Londiani-Muhoroni Highway on Tuesday, September 3. Police, while detailing the events leading to the fatal road crash, seemed to point fingers at a truck driver. 

by  Kai Eli