Five people have died and 20 others injured in an accident along the Hoima-Masindi Road.
The accident happened last night near Waaki Bridge in Mbarara village Kitoba Sub County, Hoima district.
According to the police, a Fuso Truck registration number UAT 096V carrying several sugar cane cutters veered off the road and overturned several times killing the five on the spot as the injured were rushed to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson says that the deceased and the injured that are yet to be identified were all sugar cane cutters from Hoima and were being transported to Kinyara Sugar cane plantation in Masindi district.
According to Hakiza, the unidentified driver of the Fuso Truck is on the run adding that preliminary investigations point to over speeding as the cause of the accident.
