Engineer Killed In New Year Accident
Jan 01, 2003
THE Ministry of Works engineering director, Lawrence Lutaaya, perished when he rammed his Pajero UAD 600T into an incoming trailer in Seeta on the Kampala-Jinja Road minutes into the new year.
By Nicholas Kajoba
THE Ministry of Works engineering director, Lawrence Lutaaya, perished when he rammed his Pajero UAD 600T into an incoming trailer in Seeta on the Kampala-Jinja Road minutes into the new year.
Lutaaya, 53, had worked in the ministry since 1976.
In another accident, Pantaleo Mondo, a resident of Busabaga, Lugazi town council, died on the spot when an omnibus UED 100E collided head-on with a pick-up truck near Mbalala trading centre on the Kampala-Jinja highway.
The Police identified the injured who were taken to Kawolo Hospital as Aisha Nansamba, 28, a resident of Deeba, Asaba Busingye and her one-year-old daughter Aisha Nansamba, Paul Kigongo, Caroline Achieng, Grace Acam, Afua Nabule and Dr. Joachim Ziwa, the medical superintendent of the hospital.
Mukono Police Station officer in-charge of traffic, Sam Eyotu, said the cause of the accident was reckless driving and speeding.
“The driver of the Pajero and omnibus wanted to overtake at a junction and lost control before they swerved into incoming vehicles,†he said.
Eyotu warned motorists against speeding, saying it has been the major cause of accidents in the district.
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THE Ministry of Works engineering director, Lawrence Lutaaya, perished when he rammed his Pajero UAD 600T into an incoming trailer in Seeta on the Kampala-Jinja Road minutes into the new year.
Lutaaya, 53, had worked in the ministry since 1976.
In another accident, Pantaleo Mondo, a resident of Busabaga, Lugazi town council, died on the spot when an omnibus UED 100E collided head-on with a pick-up truck near Mbalala trading centre on the Kampala-Jinja highway.
The Police identified the injured who were taken to Kawolo Hospital as Aisha Nansamba, 28, a resident of Deeba, Asaba Busingye and her one-year-old daughter Aisha Nansamba, Paul Kigongo, Caroline Achieng, Grace Acam, Afua Nabule and Dr. Joachim Ziwa, the medical superintendent of the hospital.
Mukono Police Station officer in-charge of traffic, Sam Eyotu, said the cause of the accident was reckless driving and speeding.
“The driver of the Pajero and omnibus wanted to overtake at a junction and lost control before they swerved into incoming vehicles,†he said.
Eyotu warned motorists against speeding, saying it has been the major cause of accidents in the district.
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