Sixty-three folks have died after a number of autos crashed on a freeway in Uganda, police stated on Wednesday.
Two buses travelling in reverse instructions “met head on” whereas attempting to overhaul two different autos – a lorry and a automotive – on the Kampala-Gulu Freeway at 00:15 native time (21:15 GMT), in response to the Uganda Police Drive.
One of many buses swerved in an try and keep away from a crash, however within the course of induced a “head on and aspect collision” that led to a “chain response” during which different autos misplaced management and overturned.
In addition to the fatalities, passengers of the autos concerned and a number of other others had been injured, police stated. An investigation has been launched.
The injured have been taken to hospital within the western city of Kiryandongo.
Following the crash on the street – which connects the capital Kampala within the south to the northern metropolis of Gulu – police urged motorists keep away from “harmful and careless overtaking”.
It stated this “stays one of many main causes of crashes within the nation”.