TWO KILLED IN SANGA ACCIDENT

By Aggrey Twesigye
www.mknewslink.com
In Kiruhura—

Police in Rwizi region are investigating circumstances surrounding a fatal accident that claimed two lives on the Mbarara-Masaka highway today morning.

SP Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region police spokesperson, reported that the accident occurred on Friday morning around 5 a.m. in Sanga Town Council.

According to the police PRO, the accident involved two motor vehicles; a Fuso milk tanker reg. no UBB 905J coming from the Masaka side, and a Fuso truck reg. no. UBB 727P carrying matooke from the Mbarara side.

Kasasira explained that the two vehicles collided head-on, resulting in the death of 48-year-old Mugabe Eric, a resident of Kyazanga in Lwengo District, and Gumisirizi Abubakari, an adult male resident of Isingiro District, both of whom died instantly.

He mentioned that the driver of the milk tanker was transported to an undisclosed medical facility in Mbarara City, while the bodies of the deceased were taken to Kyazanga by their relatives before Traffic Police arrived at the scene.