Fort Portal couple dies in River Mpanga
Two people died when their car plunged into River Mpanga after a head-on collision with a trailer in Fort Portal town, Kabarole district on Tuesday.
By Hope Mafaranga
Two people died when their car plunged into River Mpanga after a head-on collision with a trailer in Fort Portal town, Kabarole district on Tuesday.
The district officer in-charge of traffic, Fred Wamboga, said the dead were Praise Kabahinda, 25, a resident of Kitumba village and a man only identified as Sunday, a resident of Kasusu.
Wamboga said the two were coming from Dons pub in Fort Portal town when they collided with a truck that was travelling from Kyenjojo to Fort Portal at around 5:00am.
He added that the truck driver, Kamate Kabuyaya and the turn-boy, Kambera Bikudera, both from Butembo in the DR Congo, were detained at Fort Portal Police Station.
Wamboga said Sunday, who was driving a Toyota salon car, failed to negotiate a sharp corner and lost control of the car.
He attributed the accident to drunkenness and reckless driving.
A friend of the couple said he last saw them at around 2:00am at Dons Pub.
“We were together having fun. When I was leaving, I asked them to also leave, but they refused.
I was shocked at around 5:00am when Praise’s sister called me to say they had drowned in River Mpanga,†he said.
The bodies were retrieved and taken to Fort Portal Hospital mortuary.
Two people died when their car plunged into River Mpanga after a head-on collision with a trailer in Fort Portal town, Kabarole district on Tuesday.
The district officer in-charge of traffic, Fred Wamboga, said the dead were Praise Kabahinda, 25, a resident of Kitumba village and a man only identified as Sunday, a resident of Kasusu.
Wamboga said the two were coming from Dons pub in Fort Portal town when they collided with a truck that was travelling from Kyenjojo to Fort Portal at around 5:00am.
He added that the truck driver, Kamate Kabuyaya and the turn-boy, Kambera Bikudera, both from Butembo in the DR Congo, were detained at Fort Portal Police Station.
Wamboga said Sunday, who was driving a Toyota salon car, failed to negotiate a sharp corner and lost control of the car.
He attributed the accident to drunkenness and reckless driving.
A friend of the couple said he last saw them at around 2:00am at Dons Pub.
“We were together having fun. When I was leaving, I asked them to also leave, but they refused.
I was shocked at around 5:00am when Praise’s sister called me to say they had drowned in River Mpanga,†he said.
The bodies were retrieved and taken to Fort Portal Hospital mortuary.