
14 dead in Uganda after taxi rams into two large vehicles while trying to avoid a cow
Ugandan police have confirmed deaths of fourteen people after a taxi swerved to avoid a cow and crashed into two large vehicles on what is known as Uganda’s deadliest road accident.
Eight people including a journalist died on the spot while six others died later in the hospital, said regional traffic Police Chief Scovia Birungi.
Nine other people had serious injuries. The cow was killed as well.
The crash happened at Lwengo along the Masaka-Kampala highway on a stretch of road known locally as the most dangerous in Uganda.
“The accident took place when a speeding omnibus taxi avoided hitting a cow that was crossing the road (and) rammed into a bus and a truck,” said Birungi. “The vehicles crashed into each other, subsequently killing and injuring people. “And the cow was not spared,” he added.
More than 200 people had already been killed on the 130-km (80-mile) stretch of road from January to September 2016, another traffic police officer, Edith Nanteza had said last year.