At least nine people, including two children, have been confirmed dead following a road crash at a neglected black spot in Lwengo District on Friday.
The incident involved a collision between an Alphard brand vehicle UBL 314C carrying multiple passengers and a trailer at Kyooko, Kinoni Trading Centre, Lwengo district
Citing eyewitness accounts, traffic police Friday evening attributed the fatal road crash to “speeding and driving in a wrong road lane.”
“Eyewitnesses say the Alphard was keeping right which we need to clarify. All the occupants in the Alphard perished,” Greater Masaka regional traffic officer SP Richard Komaketch told journalists.
The venue for Friday’s road crash is a renowned blackspot where about ten people perished in a deadly accident late December 2022.
“This place has been our black spot where have registered many accidents and we have made many reports. It is a slope and a long curve of almost 300metres towards the swamp. So, there’s an element of speed in this area,” SP Komaketch explained.
Irene Nakasiita, the spokesperson for the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), confirmed the incident and stated that their response efforts were still ongoing. Firefighters and rescue services rushed to the scene, which was covered in blood, to extract the victims of the accident who were struggling to survive.
One Red Cross official was seen using an axe to remove human flesh that was stuck in the twisted metal of the Alphard.
The accident scene was littered with broken glass and metal debris.
Below are photographs captured at the site reveal the motionless bodies of the victims lying in a puddle of blood amidst the accident scene.
