By Anthony Kushaba
apearlnews.com
On Sunday, one person was killed and two others were seriously injured in an accident in the Rukungiri district.
The accident, which involved a motor vehicle with the registration number UAA 920 Y and a red motorcycle with the registration number UFL Bajaj Boxer, happened at 7:50 p.m. at Kihunga Nyamayenje on the Rukungiri-Ntungamo highway.
According to Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate, the driver of the Landcruiser rear-ended the motorcycle, which was carrying two passengers, and took off, but the front number plate fell down at the scene of the accident.
Maate continues, naming one of the passengers as Ian Gumoshabe (20), a student at Kagunga S.S. and a resident of Rwakabengo.
Rwakabengo parish” resident of Rukungiri municipality died after a brief hospitalization at Nyakibale.
He also stated that the rider and one other passenger remain in critical condition at the same hospital.
The deceased’s body has been transported to Rwakabengo Health Center III for a postmortem while police continue to search for the vehicle that fled.
