Nebbi accident survivors admitted at Mengo Hospital​

Apr 11, 2018

According to Grace Kwiyucwiny, the State for Minister Northern Uganda, three students died on spot in the accident and other 26 and one teacher are still admitted at Nebbi Hospital with fractures.

Three students of Uringi Secondary School in Nebbi district are now admitted at Mengo Hospital, in Kampala following a fatal accident on Tuesday.
The trio are Jonathan Oyeny, Mary Phionah Paramu and Tracy Oyiru. They sustained severe injuries on head arms, and legs.  They are part of the students who were involved in the accident on Tuesday as they travelled to take part in Young Christian music dance and drama organised by Nebbi Catholic Diocese.

The Uganda People's Defence (UPDF) helicopter carrying the trio landed at Kololo Airstrip on Wednesday morning at around 11:00am and the students were put in the waiting ambulances that took them to Mengo.

According to Grace Kwiyucwiny, the State for Minister Northern Uganda, three students died on spot in the accident and other 26 and one teacher are still admitted at Nebbi Hospital with fractures.

The accident occurred when the Isuzu truck they were travelling in lost the control and veered off the road. The driver according to Police was arrested.

Kwiyucwiny, who received the critically injured students at Kololo, said the students who were airlifted had head injuries, which couldn't be managed at Nebbi Hospital. She said the airlifting was ordered by President Yoweri Museveni.

"The Chief of Defence Forces was kind enough to send this aircraft very early in the morning. The victims have been taken to Mengo Hospital and their treatemnt will be covered by the UPDF," she stated, adding that the bodies of the three who died are yet to be taken to their homes for burial.

The minister also told journalists that the First Lady, Janet Musevni, has contributed sh15m to the families of the deceased children.

Tom Duku, a city consultant who also comes from Nebbi condemned the use of Lorries in carrying students, saying this kind of transporting people should stop.

"We are so grateful that when this matter came up and we talked to the President, he responded instantly and directed the UPDF to pick the students. It really shows solidarity with the people, he has acted as a father," he stated.

Duku told New Vision that buses are reasonably fit for transporting people. 

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