The crash occurred on Bugombwa Hill, Busaru Subcounty, when the school van registration number UAQ 319Q, which was transporting the pupils from Nyahuka to the school, veered off the road and overturned. '
According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a speeding taxi registration number UBH 654J lost control and hit the four who were trying to cross the road. The deceased persons were from collecting firewood in a nearby forest.