At least four people died on spot while three others sustained serious injuries after a truck they were traveling overturned several times in Kassanda along the Mubende-Mityana road on Sunday morning.
According to the Wamala region police spokesperson, Superintendent of Police Kawala Racheal, the accident happened at around 3am at Myanzi trading centre in Kassanda district.
Preliminary investigations suggest that a black Fuso Fighter motor vehicle, registration UAY 415C, loaded with matooke and heading towards Kampala from Mubende, experienced a brake failure. The vehicle lost control and overturned, resulting in the instantaneous death of four occupants and injuring three.
Kawala said the injured were rushed to Mityana hospital for medical attention whereas the bodies of the deceased were transported to Kassanda Health Center IV mortuary, awaiting postmortem examinations.
