{"id":6863,"date":"2021-03-23T18:23:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2021-03-23T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:04:29","slug":"three-perish-in-jinja-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/three-perish-in-jinja-road-accident","title":{"rendered":"Three perish in Jinja 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 have been confirmed dead following a road accident that occurred at Wairaka along the Jinja-Iganga highway in Jinja City North Division on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The accident involved a taxi registration number UBJ 319C that was coming from Pallisa District in Eastern Uganda, the area LC1 vice chairperson, Mr Rogers Mukamba, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The accident occurred when the tyre of the taxi burst, causing it to veer off the road into the road channel at Wairaka Village,&#8221; Mr Mukamba added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Majid Dhikusooka, the Pallisa Resident District Commissioner (RDC), identified the trio that perished in the accident as Amina Nakisendo, Rose Logose and Anthony Katewo, all hailing from Pallisa District.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Dhikusooka, the deceased were all traders going to Kampala early in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><b>editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Three people have been confirmed dead following a road accident that occurred at Wairaka along the Jinja-Iganga highway in Jinja City North Division on Tuesday morning. 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