Family killed in Wakiso car accident

Jan 02, 2017

Others who died include; Denis Sekyanzi, 21, Owen Majwega and Bosco Tumanyire.

 

A family including a two-year-old and an expectant mother perished in a motor accident two hours shortly after celebrating the New Year.

The ghastly motor accident claimed seven lives on spot. It occurred at Nansana Yesu Amala in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso district, at about 2:00am when the family and their friends were driving back home.

Police identified the family members as; Ashraf Lukwago (husband), Mega Naluwembe (wife) and their two children Shukuran Nakibuuka 2-year- old and Alice Nakandi, 5, residents of Kabuumbi village in Wakiso. 

Others who died include; Denis Sekyanzi, 21, Owen Majwega and Bosco Tumanyire.

At the time of the incident Lukwago a mechanic at Kanyogoga Garage at Yesu Amala, was speeding to drop some of his friends at Kasubi, a Kampala suburb.

Speaking to the New Vision at his office at Kampala Central Police Station, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Emilian Kayima, said he was trying to overtake a trailer when the accident happened.

"He was trying to overtake a trailer at a very high speed and found another Fuso truck. When he tried to dodge it, they rammed into a tree," he said.

Police said the two survivors Benjamin Buyondo and another only identified as James were admitted Nakasero and Mulago Referral hospitals in critical condition respectively.

Kayima who attributed the accident to overspending and reckless driving, said police also managed to recover empty bottles of beer in the car.

Another man identified as David Wamala was stabbed to death by unknown assailants at about 1:00am in Nampunge Village, Kakiri, Wakiso district.

Kayima said Wamala was attacked while waiting for a taxi on the main road along Kampala-Hoima road.

The body was taken to Mulago.

Charles Seruwu, a resident along Salama Road, in Makindye division, also sustained severe injuries after he was cut numerous times in the face.

He said police is hunting for Bosco who disappeared after the incident. Ends

 

 

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