Sixty-three people were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on a road in the north of Uganda last night, police said.
The collision occurred during an overtaking attempt, and at least four vehicles, two buses, one truck and one car were involved in the collision that occurred at 00:15 local time (23:15 on Tuesday evening Central European Time) on the Kampala-Gulu road, near the village of Kitaleba.
According to initial findings of the investigation, the driver of a bus traveling from the capital Kampala to Gula, a journey of about 650 kilometers, tried to overtake a truck, and at the same time, a bus traveling in the opposite direction was trying to overtake another vehicle.
"During these overtaking maneuvers, the two buses collided head-on," police said.
As stated, one of the drivers tried to avoid the collision, but this led to a side collision and a chain reaction involving other vehicles and a truck.
"As a result, 63 people died, all the passengers of the vehicles involved and several others were injured," police added.
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