Taxi overturns along Jinja road, six injured

Nov 22, 2019

The taxi driver was driving from one lane to another yet over-speeding when the Pioneer bus accidentally hit the taxi which suddenly overturned.

Over six passengers have been injured after the taxi in which they were traveling overturned along Jinja road just opposite Jinja Road Police station this evening (Friday, November 23, 2019).

The accident involved two vehicles; a taxi registration number UAM971H and a Pioneer bus registration number UAR 666J which were both coming from the City centre heading towards Mukono and Kireka respectively.

Nnaalongo Aminah Nalubowa, an accident victim narrates saying the taxi driver was changing from one lane to another yet over-speeding when the Pioneer bus accidentally hit the taxi which suddenly overturned.

"We boarded this taxi from Total, Jinja road opposite Uganda house, and we were heading to Mukono. We had earlier warned the taxi driver, not to Overspeed but he kept a deaf ear", Nalubowa adds

The taxi driver jumped out and disappeared before Police arrived at the scene.

 

 

 

 

 

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