Again! 23 Passengers Injured As Link Bus Overturns In Mubende Along Fort Portal-Kampala Highway
23 people have been injured in a bus accident in Mubende district a Link bus overturned at Gwanika along the Fort Portal-Kampala highway.
The incident occurred around 2:00 am when a bus belonging to Link Bus Company registration number UBF 967K lost control and overturned. The bus was coming from Bwera in Kasese district and heading to Kampala.
According to Amos Atamba, a traffic police officer at Mubende police station, the accident could have been caused by smoke from a plywood factory in Nabbingola. He explains that the smoke had covered the road and the driver tried to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming truck, but the bus overturned.
The passengers sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Mubende hospital and others to private health facilities for treatment.
Police have since identified some of the injured as Precious Tumwinyare, Wilson Asaba, Walter Muhindo, Cissy Isingoma, Eden Katungo, Denis Bwambale, Kennedy Mumbere, Gerald Byomuhamgi, and Boniface Babala.
Others are Hope Abraham, Amon Akugizibwe, Angel Birungi, Esther Kavira, Musa Farouk, Kombi Mugoya and Bwambale Celestine while others are yet to be identified.
