BUKWE: Mabira Police Station has on Monday, February 28, 2022, registered a serious accident involving a Tata Lorry Box Body (UBG 609L) and a trailer (KBU 465J/ZC 7705).
The accident happened in the morning at Lwakima near Oryx Fuel station along Jinja-Kampala highway in Bukwe district.
The Traffic and Road Safety Public Relations Officer ASP Faridah Nampiima said findings show that the driver of the trailer was driving from Jinja-Kampala side and on reaching the climbing Lane at Lwakima, overtook on the third Lane (Lane for Kampala to Jinja traffic) and thus collided with the Tata lorry that was being driven by one Kamya Kabonge Elias from Kampala to Jinja.
“Both vehicles overturned blocking the road,” she said adding that the driver of the trailer and his turn man have been taken to Jinja hospital for treatment.
Nampiima also noted that as of now, part of the road is clear for motorists as further inquiries in relation to the accident proceed.