POLICE HUNT FOR DIVINE BUS DRIVER WHO CAUSED A FATAL ROAD CRASH IN KOBOKO

The Divine Bus that overturned in along Koboko Yumbe road.

By Onzoma Albert
 
Arua City

Police of Koboko central police station are hunting for the driver of a bus belonging to Divine Bus Company who is on the run after the bus he was driving got involved in a fatal road crash where a 70 year old man who was one of the occupants on board lost his life.
 
According the police the bus was coming from Arua city heading to Adjumani district with several occupants on board before the driver lost control and hit a road pavement making the bus to overturn killing one person and injuring several other passengers who were on board.
 
According to SP Collins Asea the police public relations officer for West Nile region during an interview with Radio Pacis, the body of the deceased was taken to Koboko hospital for postmortem and those who sustained injuries were as well transported to Koboko hospital for medical attention.
 
“We recorded an accident on Koboko Yumbe road where a bus belonging to divine Bus Company got involved in a fatal road crush, currently the driver is on the run and we lost a 70 year old person from Yumbe during the accident and those who got injuries are still in Koboko hospital receiving treatment,” he said.
 
Asea however appeals to the road users to follow the traffic rules and regulations while using the roads in order to reduce the rate of accidents in the region.
 
“I am urging the public to follow the traffic rules and regulations while on the road, don’t drink and drive, don’t overtake, and now the rain has started the roads are in bad condition let us be careful to avoid road accidents” he said.
 
By press time the number of passengers who were on board had not yet been established.