Drone -Bus Accident Claims Six Passengers' Lives At Kakiika Village Rwashamaire Town Council in Ntungamo District

A fatal accident has occured at a place called Kakiika between Rwashamaire Town Council and Nyamunuka Town Council when a bus labeled Kasaba Coach collided with a passenger drone vehicle registration number UBN 337H claiming lives of six people.

"Six people have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained injuries in a road crash that occurred this morning on 12/06/2024 at Kakiika along Ntungamo-Rukungiri Road in Ntungamo District at 0610hrs.

 The crash involved motor vehicles UBN 337H, a Toyota Hiace, and UAP 385U, an Isuzu bus belonging to Kasaaba Bus Company. According to the initial report, motor vehicle UBN 337H, which was coming from Rukungiri to Ntungamo, got a tyre puncture and parked on the right-hand side of the road, leaving part of the vehicle on the tarmac while attempting to fix the tyre, with full lights on.

 Unfortunately, the bus, which was coming from Kampala and heading to Rukungiri, veered off the road and collided head-on with the parked omnibus, instantly killing six people, including the driver, the turn man, and a police officer attached to Nsangi Police Station, and injuring three others.