SEVERAL DEAD AS BUS RAMS INTO STATIONARY TAXI IN NTUNGAMO

By Aggrey Twesigye

NTUNGAMO

Several passengers are feared dead after a bus rammed into a stationary Taxi along the Ntungamo -Mbarara road on Wednesday morning.

The accident according to sources happened at around 6am at Kakiika cell ,Muruka parish in Ntungamo District when a bus belonging to Kasaba bus company registration number UAP 385R rammed into a stationery taxi registration number UBN 337N.

The taxi, which was traveling from Rukungiri to Kampala, was reportedly changing a tyre when the bus, from Kampala to Rukungiri, veered off the road and rammed into it.

The taxi, registration number UBN 337H, was driven by Robert Arineitwe and was carrying ten passengers. According to eyewitnesses, only two of the passengers survived.

By press time police from Ntungamo central police station, had arrived at the scene but had not yet provided an official statement.

According to the pictures from the accident scene ,the taxi was damaged beyond repair and it’s suspected many of it’s occupants could have died.