Police in Kassanda District have arrested a Chinese national identified as Zhao Haizhanga for knocking two children dead and injuring three others.
The accident, which involved motor vehicle UAU 001V and 5 juveniles, occurred on Tuesday in Kamusenene village along Lubaali, Bukuya road in Kassanda district.
Wamala regional police spokesperson Kawala Racheal said preliminary findings indicate that Haizhanga attempted to overtake a truck loaded with logs, knocking five pupils at Glory Nursery and primary school.
Two died instantly and another were injured.
The deceased have been identified as Matovu Jonathan, 5 years, and Buriana Nantongo, 6, all residents of Kamusenene village.
The three victims were rushed to Mityana Hospital for treatment, while the bodies of the deceased have been taken to Kassanda health centre IV pending postmortem.
The scene of the crime has been documented.
Suspect Zhao Haizhanga is in police custody as inquiries continue, Kawala said.
This comes three weeks after four students died and 20 others were injured after a truck rammed into a classroom block at Kasaka Secondary School in Kanoni Town Council, Gomba District on March 14.
The incident occurred at around 2:30pm as students were attending lessons.
On March 2, a canter truck crashed into the perimeter wall of Candy Kids Nursery and Primary School in Kamuli ,Kiira Municipality, and killed seven-year-old Nakafero Robina, a Primary Two pupil.
On February 8, two Primary Seven pupils were knocked dead in separate car accidents in Buikwe and Mukono districts.
The victims were Alice Sheila Namwanje, 12, a pupil at Naluse Primary School in Mukono Central Division, Mukono Municipality; and Aine Kyeyune, a pupil of Nakidokolo Primary School, Namagoma in Luweero District. Namwanje was knocked dead by a speeding vehicle at Butebe Village in Mukono Municipality on Kampala-Jinja highway, which also left four others seriously injured, while Kyeyune was killed while crossing the busy Nyenga-Kisoga-Katosi Road.