Car Accident In Uganda Leaves 2 People Dead, 45 Injured - Reports

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Car Accident in Uganda Leaves 2 People Dead, 45 Injured - Reports

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th August, 2019) Two people died and 45 more were injured on Monday in a car accident involving a bus in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, local media reported.

The accident occurred on the Iganga-Bugiri highway, when the bus tried to avoid a collision with a boda boda motorcycle taxi and overturned, the New Vision newspaper reported.

The incident took place amid a heavy rain.

Some of those injured are reportedly in critical condition.

According to police, the accident was likely to be caused by speeding and recklessness by the bus driver.