Rwanda accident bodies returned
Sep 23, 2003
RWANDA has flown back home 14 bodies and 25 survivors of the tragic Katuna bus accident in which up to 50 people were killed. <br>Earlier reports had put the death toll at 54.<br>
By Geoffrey Kamali and Darious Magara
RWANDA has flown back home 14 bodies and 25 survivors of the tragic Katuna bus accident in which up to 50 people were killed.
Earlier reports had put the death toll at 54.
The victims were flown on Monday night on a Rwandan Air Force helicopters, which made three trips to Kabale.
The victims were then distributed to three hospitals in Kigali, one of them in a military hospital.
Over 45 passengers died instantly in the crash in which the Kampala-bound Jaguar bus from the Rwanda-Burundian border, collided head-on with a a World Food Programme truck carrying relief food near Katuna border post.
Police sources in Kabale said yesterday dozens of relatives were still streaming in from Rwanda and Burundi to identify their loved ones.
Most of the victims were students returning to study in Uganda as the school term opened on Monday.
But the Police said it was not possible to differentiate between the students or their nationalities since they were still sorting out the bodies.
One of those flown to Kigali, a woman who was not immediately identified, was reported dead overnight at the King Faisal hospital.
The World Food Programme yesterday expressed its condolences to the families of those who died in the accident.
RWANDA has flown back home 14 bodies and 25 survivors of the tragic Katuna bus accident in which up to 50 people were killed.
Earlier reports had put the death toll at 54.
The victims were flown on Monday night on a Rwandan Air Force helicopters, which made three trips to Kabale.
The victims were then distributed to three hospitals in Kigali, one of them in a military hospital.
Over 45 passengers died instantly in the crash in which the Kampala-bound Jaguar bus from the Rwanda-Burundian border, collided head-on with a a World Food Programme truck carrying relief food near Katuna border post.
Police sources in Kabale said yesterday dozens of relatives were still streaming in from Rwanda and Burundi to identify their loved ones.
Most of the victims were students returning to study in Uganda as the school term opened on Monday.
But the Police said it was not possible to differentiate between the students or their nationalities since they were still sorting out the bodies.
One of those flown to Kigali, a woman who was not immediately identified, was reported dead overnight at the King Faisal hospital.
The World Food Programme yesterday expressed its condolences to the families of those who died in the accident.