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By Mike Rwothomio Zombo A truck carrying alcoholic drinks plunged into River Nyagak in Zombo district after it reportedly collided with a motorcycle rider. The incident occurred on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at around 10:00am at Mathawele Village, Oyeyu Parish
By Mike Rwothomio
Zombo
A truck carrying alcoholic drinks plunged into River Nyagak in Zombo district after it reportedly collided with a motorcycle rider.
The incident occurred on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at around 10:00am at Mathawele Village, Oyeyu Parish, Nyapea Sub-County, Zombo district.
The truck registration number and the identities of the injured victims remains unclear.
An eyewitness only identified as Moses, told this publication that the truck was coming from Paidha town council and almost knocked an over speeding motorcycle, carrying three passengers from Nyapea Sub-County direction.
"The truck had two people on board, it was coming at a very high speed and they almost collided with a motorcycle carrying three people on Nyagak bridge, The motorcycle rider and the passengers jumped off allowing the bike to fly into the waters while the truck plunged into the river with all the two people onboard," he explained, adding that " the motorcycle rider also sustained serious injuries.”
Jaloch Crespo, another eyewitness said, "The two critically injured victims including the motorcycle rider, were retrieved from the waters and rushed to Nyapea Hospital, the whole thing was terrible at the scene"
Joe Ubedgiu, the area Councillor of Oyeyu Parish, Nyapea Sub-County, confirmed that “no death has been registered and we shall keep you posted about it."
Meanwhile, Fred Onenarach, the chairperson Zombo district boda boda association confirmed that, the boda boda rider is from Padea boda boda association in Padea town council.
He said, “We Understand that he was from a visit at Nyapea Hospital, he sustained injuries after jumping off with both passengers"
Onenarach called upon riders to avoid reckless riding, as festive season approaches.
The incident comes just weeks after a truck carrying over 50 people overturned in Paidha Sub-County, Zombo district leaving scores injured.
In September this year, Traffic Police released a damning road crash statistics indicating that during the week of September 8-14 , 61 people lost their lives, and 308 others sustained serious injuries.
The report also indicated that pedestrians and motorcyclists accounted for 82% of the fatalities.