IBANDA: SPEEDING LORRY RAMS INTO GRASSHOPPER CATCHERS, KILLS WOMAN, TURN BOY

By Elly Karenzi

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In Ibanda

Two people have been reported dead in an accident after a driver carrying over 800 crates of Beer lost control and rammed into people collecting grasshoppers a long Ibanda- Kamwenge road on Friday at around 10:00pm.

The deceased were only identified as Mrs. Annet who was catching grasshoppers and a turn boy of the lorry whose names is yet to be known.

According to a witness and LC officials in Bugarama trading center, the speeding lorry was heading to Kamwenge town when it failed to negotiate a corner and rammed into pedestrians killing one person on spot.

Few hours later, there was drama and chaos as several residents from the nearby villages, grasshopper sellers took the advantage of darkness and began feasting by looting crates of beers hiding them in the nearby bushes.

The Ibanda O/C traffic boss Mr. Bedah Katureebe arrived at the scene and appealed to road users to be more careful.

Bodies of the deceased were taken to Ishongorero Health center 1V for postmortem examination and later handed over to their relatives for burial.

The unidentified driver of the lorry is on run as police are hunting for his whereabouts.

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