An accident that occurred on the Kampala Gulu Highway has claimed the lives of three and injured another two.

The accident involved a motor vehicle with Reg. No. SSD 770CK, T-Hiance silver in color, and a Nile star bus, yellow in color, with Reg. No. UBG 085C.

According to David Mudong Ongom, the Regional Police Spokesperson for Aswa-Gulu Region, the incident took place on April 12, 2024, at around 3:00 am at the Karuma checkpoint along the Gulu-Kampala highway in Nwoya District.

He said one of the deceased was Aisha Namatovu, and the injured was Ramathan Shaban. However, the other bodies were unidentified.

According to Ongom, the T-Hiance was coming from Kampala, heading to Juba through Gulu.

“As it approached half a kilometer towards Karuma checkpoint, it overtook another vehicle where it met with the Nile Star bus that was from the opposite direction heading to Kampala and ended up crashing the passenger’s side of T-hiance, killing and injuring some of its passengers on board,” Ongom said.

He added that the cause of the accident was reckless driving by the driver of the T-Hiance.

The bodies of the deceased were taken to Anaka hospital for a postmortem, while the injured were rushed to the RG Health facility within Karuma town council.

Both drivers are on the run.