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NEWS- The Police in Kanungu District have registered a fatal accident that took place today morning and left one foreign tourists dead and other 3 including their driver injured.

The accident took place at along at Kakureijo village in Bweronde Parish along Butogota – Bwindi Road at Munyaga Bridge as you’re travelling to Bikuto T junction at the border between Kyeshero Sub county and Butogota Town Council in Kanungu District.

The Uganda Police Spokesman Kituuma Rusoke has confirmed the accident and said that the tourist vehicle registration number UAM 271U carried 4 tourists and 2 Ugandans from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where they had spent the weekend and the driver failed to negotiate a sharp bend and the vehicle fell into River Munyaga.

The Police have since identified the deceased as 40 year old Shuldman Harrison Evan from New York, Zacharu Avayou aged 39 from Pennsylvania, Jeremy Fredrick Wright aged 25 and Garten Kyla Margret both from Califonia while the Ugandans are Alpha Dadaire and Joan Akankwasa both from Wakiso District.

The body of the deceased was retrieved from the scene of the accident and taken to Bwindi Community Hospital Mortuary for postmortem examination and treatment and the injured victims were also rushed to the same facility for medical attention and further management.

The wreckage of the vehicle was towed by Police to Kihihi Police Station where it is awaiting the IOV for inspection.