NEWS- Rubaare police station in Ntungamo district is investigating circumstances under which two perished in a fatal accident and two sustained serious injuries.
The accident involved box body built truck Reg No. UBN 667W, driven by a yet to be identified driver two Motorcycles, Bajaj boxer Reg No.UFQ 805K ridden by one known Ezra and his passenger Dezi Karambuzi and Senke Reg No.UDM 671K ridden by a yet to be known along Ntungamo-Kabale road.
Mr Clinton Birugomuriwe, an eye witness narrated to our reporter that the accident happened near Rubaare traffic check point and he identified the deceased as Ezra a resident of Nyakagongo cell, Nyanga a boda boda rider at Omungyenyi stage and Dezi Karambuzi from Kyamugashe II cell, Rwemiyaga ward, Rwenanuura-Kakukuru town council, who was the area village vice Chairperson.
He couldn’t identify the two who sustained injuries since traffic police promptly rushed them to Doctors’ Referral hospital in Rubaare town council to save their lives. Subsequently, the two bodies were taken for postmortem at the same facility.
Birugomuriwe said a Senke rider was stopped by traffic officer at the check point but the rider refused and decided to take a U-turn. That where he fell a speeding box body vehicle carrying bags of ground nuts from Ntungamo heading to Kabale.
As the Fuso driver tried to avoid the Senke, it crashed a Bajaj boxer riden by Ezra and his passenger coming from Rubaare, veered off the road and fell into the road side trench leading to the injury of the driver.
By press time, Uganda Police Officers were yet to issue a statement and were towing the wreckages of both motorcycles and the motor vehicle to Rubaare Police station for IOV inspection.

