{"id":17647,"date":"2021-09-14T18:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=17647"},"modified":"2021-09-14T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:12:10","slug":"retired-police-officer-among-three-killed-in-kiryandongo-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/retired-police-officer-among-three-killed-in-kiryandongo-road-accident","title":{"rendered":"Retired police officer among three killed in Kiryandongo road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Three people including a retired police officer have died and five others severely injured after getting involved in a nasty road accident along Gulu-Kampala highway.<\/p>\n<p>The accident, which occurred Tuesday morning at Alengo Village, Diima Parish, Diima Sub-county in Kiryandongo District involved a Toyota Hiace Reg no UBG 443T and a Sino truck Reg no UAP 511J.<\/p>\n<p>The ill-fated Toyota car, which was coming from Lira side with seven passengers on board destined for Kampala, reportedly hit a truck which was parked by the road with a mechanical fault. Eyewitness Mr Cossy Fazil said the vehicle overturned several times.<\/p>\n<p>The accident claimed three lives on spot.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased are Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP-Rtd) Michael Orech, 61, his elder brother Francis Ogwal, 69, and another unidentified man from Oyam District.<\/p>\n<p>The former Community Liaison Officer (CLO) and his brother were all residents of Lira City.<\/p>\n<p>The injured are; Mr Patrick Otim, 34, Emmanuel Omara, 3, Mr Joshua Otika, 27, Ms Jenifer Alele,27, and a child Priscilla Mbabazi- all receiving treatment at Kiryandongo Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Orech was reportedly taking his brother for treatment to Mulago hospital in Kampala at the time death struck.<\/p>\n<p>The Albertine region police spokesperson, Mr Julius Hakiza confirmed the accident saying police have commenced investigations into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotor vehicles were towed and are now parked at Diima Police Station as investigations into the matter are ongoing,\u201d he said via telephone on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies were taken to Kiryandongo hospital mortuary for a post-mortem.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Charles Owengom, Diima LC3 chairperson, urged drivers to put indicators on the road in case of a mechanical breakdown on their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs leaders, we are not happy with what happened in our area. 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