KAMPALA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- At least five people, believed to be Rwandan nationals, were killed and two others critically injured Sunday night in a collision involving three vehicles in central Uganda, authorities said on Monday.
Southern regional police spokesperson Lameck Kigozi told Xinhua by telephone that the collision occurred at around 09:50 p.m. local time and involved a Rwandan-registered Land Cruiser Prado, a Ugandan bus and a trailer, at Kyazanga along Masaka-Mbarara Highway.
The car and the bus were travelling from Mbarara heading to the capital, Kampala, while the trailer was heading for the opposite direction.
"The Land Cruiser, bus collided with the trailer. The Land Cruiser vehicle had seven occupants of whom five died on spot," Kigozi said.
"Their identities are not all that clear. They are a bit scanty and we are yet to confirm. Since they were in a Rwandan vehicle, we suspect they could be of Rwandan origin," he said.
Kigozi said the critically injured are undergoing treatment at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, and authorities are still looking into the cause of the collision.
"At the moment I can't tell the cause of the accident. Our traffic personnel have gone back to the scene to find out what happened," he said.
Uganda registers about 20,000 accidents each year, with some 2,000 deaths, according to police statistics.
