SPEEDING VEHICLE KNOCKS PEDESTRIAN DEAD IN RUBANDA

By Richard Akandwanaho

In Rubanda

One person died on sport and another one got serious injuries last evening when they were knocked by a mortal vehicle Saloon Kibina registration number UAE286E at Mukikona along Kabale Rubanda road.

The deceased was identified as Edward Kobusheshe in his fifties, a resident of Nyakiharo cell Kitojo  parish Bubaare sub county Rubanda district and the injured as Godfrey Tugumisirize of Kanaba in Bubaare sub county Rubanda district.

It is alleged that the vehicle lost control and rammed into them while walking on their way home. The driver abandoned the vehicle at the scene and took off.

Police visited the scene; the injured was rushed to Kabale regional referral hospital while the body of the deceased was taken to the hospital’s mortuary for postmortem.

The Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate says the vehicle has been towed to Rubanda police station as investigations to establish the cause are ongoing. Maate however warned drivers against reckless driving which he noted has claimed lives of many innocent people.

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