The accident involving a Fuso lorry registration number UAN 443J occurred around 8:30 pm on Wednesday as traders were returning from Kotido district in Karamoja sub region. The vehicle was carrying 19 cattle traded from Karamoja.
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Oscar Gregg Ageca, the East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman.
At least five traders have been confirmed dead and five
others rushed to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital following a motor accident
along Awoja Bridge.
The accident involving a Fuso lorry registration number UAN 443J
occurred around 8:30 pm on Wednesday as traders were returning from Kotido
district in Karamoja sub region. The vehicle was carrying 19 cattle traded from
Karamoja.
Most of the traders involved in the accident are from Bugisu
sub region. They were heading to Mbale when their truck veered off the road and
entered into Awoja River.
The names of the victims were not easily available by the time
of filing this story. Oscar Gregg Ageca, the East Kyoga Regional Police
spokesman says the Police have secured the scene to help with casualties and
their property.
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Vincent Epeduno, an eye witness at the scene says the truck
had just passed Awoja check- point where the Police attempted to stop it but
the driver ignored and sped off. He says that the Fuso lorry veered off the
road to avoid a head- on- collision with a trailer coming from the opposite
direction.
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At the scene, there were seven survivors seen by our
reporter, three bulls dead and others injured.
In August this year, another
Fuso lorry overturned in Amuria district, killing 13 traders on the spot. The victims
were also from Bugisu sub region.
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