A fatal accident at Mataagi Village, Bukomero Town council along Kampala- Hoima highway has claimed the life of Hoima District LC 5 Chairman, Kirungi Kadiri and his body guard identified as Bosco Otim a police constable.
It is alleged that motor vehicle Fuso Fighter Reg No UBB 059Z which was traveling from Kampala to Kiboga side and being driven by a yet to be identified driver on reaching Mataagi bridge, tried to dodge a pothole. The vehicle swerved off from its Lane on the right hand side, and collided head-on with a Land Cruiser Prado registration number UAH 053Q which was heading to Kampala side from Hoima leading to the instant death of the occupants of the Land Cruiser,
The spokeperson of Traffic Police in Kampala Metropolitan Faridah Nampiima said that the Territorial Police in Kiboga on 17/03/23 at around 2200/C registered a fatal accident at Mataagi village, Bukomero Town council along Kampala – Hoima highway in Kiboga District.
The bodies of the deceased were conveyed to Kiboga hospital mortuary for postmortem examination. Nampiima and said that police has mounted a search for the diver of Fuso Fighter who is on the run to record a statement from him and answer charges of causing the death of two people
By George Bukenya