Police Officer and Entire Family Perish in Masaka Accident

A police officer and his entire family have died in an accident along Masaka Road.

According to Masaka Central Police Station traffic report, the accident happened Saturday morning at around 4:30am.

The fatal accident involved motor vehicle Reg No UBH 902U (Fuso Fighter) which was traveling from Masaka side heading to Kampala and motor vehicle Reg No UBE 756C (Toyota Wish).

The accident happened at Kyarushowe swamp along the Masaka-Kampala highway.

ASP Faridah Nampiima, PRO Traffic and Road Safety, said the driver of the Toyota Wish left his lane and moved to the lane of the Fuso causing a head-on collision.

She said the five people who were occupants in the Toyota Wish died on the spot.

The occupants have been identified as NO. 65577 PC Bwesigye Cleopus, a police officer attached to Crime Intelligence Department of Katwe Police station in Kampala.

His family members were identified as; Nyangoma Silomena aged 3, Nyakato Falestine aged 3, Kiiza Darliton aged 1, Kemigisha Maria Gorreti, a female adult and Twesigye Chrispus aged 31.

The bodies have been conveyed to Masaka City Mortuary for post-mortem examination.

“We continue to remind all road users to be vigilant while using the roads and further call upon all road users to change their attitude while using the road,” Nampiima noted.