Two buses travelling in reverse instructions on the Kampala-Gulu Freeway collided head-on whereas overtaking.
Printed On 22 Oct 2025
Not less than 63 individuals have been killed in a serious street accident involving a number of autos on the freeway between Uganda’s capital Kampala and the northern metropolis of Gulu, police have mentioned.
The collision befell simply after midnight [21:00 GMT on Tuesday] and was attributable to two buses coming from reverse instructions making an attempt to overhaul a truck and a automobile.
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“Within the course of, each buses met head-on through the overtaking manoeuvres,” the Uganda Police Pressure mentioned in an announcement on X. “Sixty-three individuals misplaced lives, all occupants from concerned autos.”
The police added that “as investigations proceed, we strongly urge all motorists to train most warning on the roads, particularly avoiding harmful and careless overtaking, which stays one of many main causes of crashes within the nation”.
These travelling within the truck and the automobile have been injured and brought to Kiryandongo Hospital and different close by medical services, the assertion mentioned. It didn’t give additional particulars on the quantity injured or the extent of their wounds.
The Kampala-Gulu Freeway is one in every of Uganda’s busiest because it connects the capital with the most important city in northern Uganda.
