Road accident kills 5, injures 5 in eastern Uganda


KAMPALA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and five others seriously injured in a road accident in Uganda's eastern district of Kibuku, local police said on Friday.

The fatal crash occurred Thursday evening after a commuter passenger taxi rammed into a stationary truck at Tirinyi, along the Iganga-Mbale road at around 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), Wilfred Kyempasa, Bukedi North regional police spokesperson, said in a statement.

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