Woman dies after being hit by electricity pole

DEATH

HOIMA - A 24-year-old Anastanzia Kyokunda died on spot and another got injured after they were hit by an electricity pole.

Julius Allan Hakiza, the Albertine police spokesperson, said the deceased was a resident of Kanyegaramire village in Kidoma parish in Kiziranfumbi Sub-County in the newly created Kikuube district (formally part of Hoima district).

Hakiza said the accident occurred at Muteme catholic parish in Kizirafumbi sub-county, Kikuube district, Friday afternoon.

According to him, the congregation was praying when it rained heavily, uprooting a tree that fell on electric wires forcing a rotten electric pole to collapse, and there after hitting the victim.

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The incident forced the congregation to flee for their dear lives. Hakiza told New Vision that the deceased was also a bursar at St. Jerome Academy Kihangi.

Hakiza said another woman whom police could not readily identify got injured and was rushed to Hoima regional referral hospital for treatment.

He said a case CRB 195/2018 of sudden death had been reported to police by Reverend Father Kyaligonza Mathias, a catholic priest attached to Munteme catholic parish, who was at the time presiding over the mass. 

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Hakiza said police visited the scene where the incident happened. A post mortem was done, while investigations are still ongoing.

Meanwhile, Deus Bashabwomu the area councilor urged UMEME to sort the mess concerning the electric poles, adding that many people might fall victim as a result.

Efforts to get a comment from UMEME were futile by press time.