Forty-eight people died after a bus smashed into a tractor driving with no lights at night and a truck in northern Uganda, a Red Cross spokeswoman said on Saturday. Irene Nakasiita told AFP the victims of the late Friday crash included 16 children. The accident happened in Kiryandongo, about 220 kilometres (140 miles) north of the capital Kampala. READ ALSO: Omisore’s exit from PDP painful, says BabatopeThe accident happened on Friday night in Kiryandongo, about 220 kilometres (140 miles) north of the capital Kampala. More than 9,500 people died in a road accident in the country between 2015 and 2017, according to figures from the transport ministry, with the situation worsening each year.

Source: Punch May 26, 2018 12:00 UTC