Eight people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in a road crash, along the Kampala-Mbarara highway.
The accident involving a Fuso lorry registration number UBM 673k and bus number UBQ 621K, belonging to Gateway Bus Company Limited, occurred Monday morning at Kirumba junction in Kyazanga town council, Lwengo district.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus heading to Kampala enroute from Kisoro district collided head-on with a Fuso lorry that was loaded with maize flour heading to Mbarara.
Josephine Kankindu, who resides next to the accident scene, indicates that six of the casualties died on the spot while others died as they were being rushed to hospitals.
Twaha Kasirye, the Greater Masaka Regional Police Commander blamed the accident on over speeding by the bus driver who he says was rushing to meet his stage schedule in Kampala.
He says that the victims some of whom are in very critical condition have been rushed to various health facilities including; Lyantonde Hospital, Kyazanga Health Centre IV, and Masaka Regional Referral Hospital to get medical attention.
He adds that their team is yet to identify the dead, indicating that they are still waiting for the relatives to show up at the Masaka Regional Referral Hospital mortuary.
