20-YEARS OLD MAN KILLED IN RUBANDA SINGLE FATAL ACCIDENT

By Ambrose Kweronda
In Rubanda

Police in Rubanda district is currently holding a driver who claimed the life of a 20 years old man in a single fatal accident.

ASP. Elly Maate the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson confirmed the incident saying that the accident occurred yesterday 26th March 2023 at around 01:30 Pm at Nyamiyaga cell, Nyakabungo ward, Rubanda Town council along Kabale Kisoro road in Rubanda district.

Maate told our reporter that the accident involved a motor vehicle registration number UBJ 378U/UAD 726Q Man trailer white in color belonging to Q3 holdings that was being driven by Mugabe Quraish Shamir 36 years.

The deceased was identified as Arinda Erias who was a passenger aged 20 years old and a resident of Murole A” Nyakubungo ward Rubanda Town council in Rubanda district.

It’s alleged that the victim sat on the behind bed of the trailer as it was going to load timber from the nearby trading center and when it tried to negotiate a sharp corner in Nyamiyaga along Kabale Kisoro road, he fell off and hit the head on tarmac road and died instantly.

Police visited the scene, Post-mortem was done and body handed over to the relatives for burial arrangements.

The driver is in detention and a motor vehicle parked at the station pending inspection by IOV