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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>At least 60 students of Leos Junior School, Masaka on Tuesday survived a bus accident along Kampala-Masaka highway.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses said the road crash which occurred at 6am at Mpambire \u2013Kabira in Mpigi District, involved a hired bus belonging to St. Jude Secondary School, Masaka which rammed into a stationary canter truck load with matooke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a convoy of about seven buses from different schools. However, the driver of St. Jude SS tried to overtake that of Blessed Sacrament SS and as he attempted to avoid colliding with the oncoming Sino Truck he rammed into a stationary Canter truck,\u201d said one of the eyewitnesses, Mr Sulaiman Kibuule.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is good no causalities were registered, except that I saw the bus driver with some minor injuries,\u201d he added<\/p>\n

All the buses were transporting pupils of Leos Junior School to Jinja City for a study tour.<\/p>\n

St. Jude SS director, Ms Mary Babirye Kabanda confirmed their bus had been hired by Leos Junior Primary School.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true our bus has got an accident but those are not our students. We just hired the bus to another school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Leos Junior School head teacher, Mr John Bosco Waliggo who was aboard the ill-fated bus said all occupants escaped unhurt.<\/p>\n

According to him, all pupils and their teachers were evacuated from the ill-fated bus, boarded another bus in the convoy and continued to Jinja for the trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a case of poor judgment by our driver which led to the crash .We thank God that we all survived. We managed to put all the occupants in other buses and we are now about to reach Jinja ,\u201d he said on phone.<\/p>\n

Leos Junior School is one of the top primary schools in Masaka City and is usually ranked among the best in Primary Leaving Examinations.<\/p>\n

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