By Benon
Tugumisirize
Two Americans believed to be tourists were on Monday killed in an accident that occurred along Kampala-Masaka highway at Nabusanke near Kayabwe in Mpigi district.
Katonga Regional Police spokesperson, Phillip Mukasa, identified the deceased as George Hutchinson from Georgia USA, Stephen Bradford from Virginia USA and their Ugandan driver Joseph Muwonge.
Bradford died at Nkozi hospital where he was rushed by a good Samaritan, Gen. Elly Tumwine.
Mukasa said the accident happened Monday afternoon when the vehicle, a Toyota Prado in which they were travelling in to Kampala had a head-on collision with a Masaka bound milk tanker.
The tanker was overtaking another vehicle in a sharp corner.
Police attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving by a milk tanker driver who fled into the bush after the accident.
Two Americans believed to be tourists were on Monday killed in an accident that occurred along Kampala-Masaka highway at Nabusanke near Kayabwe in Mpigi district.
Katonga Regional Police spokesperson, Phillip Mukasa, identified the deceased as George Hutchinson from Georgia USA, Stephen Bradford from Virginia USA and their Ugandan driver Joseph Muwonge.
Bradford died at Nkozi hospital where he was rushed by a good Samaritan, Gen. Elly Tumwine.
Mukasa said the accident happened Monday afternoon when the vehicle, a Toyota Prado in which they were travelling in to Kampala had a head-on collision with a Masaka bound milk tanker.
The tanker was overtaking another vehicle in a sharp corner.
Police attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving by a milk tanker driver who fled into the bush after the accident.
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