{"id":19980,"date":"2021-10-22T16:27:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=19980"},"modified":"2021-10-22T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T15:16:34","slug":"two-dead-one-injured-in-mabira-four-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/two-dead-one-injured-in-mabira-four-car-crash","title":{"rendered":"Two dead, one injured in Mabira four-car crash"},"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>Two people have died and another seriously hurt following a motor accident in Mabira Forest in Buikwe District along Kampala- Jinja highway.<\/p>\n<p>Eye witnesses said the Friday morning crash which paralysed traffic for hours happened when a trailer transporting cement from Jinja to Kampala collided with a Fuso truck which was carrying bricks from Kampala heading to Jinja District.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists drive past the wreckage of the vehicles that were involved in an accident in Mabira Forest on October 22, 2021. Photos\/ Derick Kissa<\/p>\n<p>Two other vehicles; a Tata lorry and a fuel tanker rammed into the wreckage of the first accident cars killing two people on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>One of the eye witnesses, Mr Ashraf Alikuliya, said the collision happened as the speeding trailer driver attempted to overtake another vehicle at a narrow road section.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer driver is said to be on the run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This trailer that is carrying cement was overtaking a Toyota Premio but ended up colliding with the Fuso truck that was coming from Kampala. This road is very narrow. It\u2019s risky to overtake,&#8221; Mr Alikuliya said.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Justine Opus, the Ssezibwa regional traffic officer attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p>He identified the deceased as 39-year-old Ronald Mpawo, who was driving of a Fuso truck and his a 29-year-old turn boy, Ziyadi Muteba.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They died on the spot and the bodies were taken to Kawolo hospital for postmortem. The accident hapened due to carelessness of the driver but we have started our investigations,&#8221; Mr Opus said.<\/p>\n<p>By press time, police were trying to control traffic which had been paralysed for hours as they cleared the wreckage from the busy road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Two people have died and another seriously hurt following a motor accident in Mabira Forest in Buikwe District along Kampala- Jinja highway. 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