The students were returning from different schools in Nabilatuk district in the Karamoja sub-region when the Fuso lorry they were traveling in overturned at Gweri Trading Centre around 4:00 pm.
The vehicle overturned after sustaining a tyre bust killing the driver Amis Tukei, from Soroti city, Christine Arukundo Christine, a passenger and resident of Kapelebyong, and an unidentified female passenger on the spot.
The vehicle registration number UG 0787 Z crashed Paul Lemu Macho around 10:48 pm on Sunday night along Moroto- Soroti road, five kilometers outside Moroto town.
Phillip Mukasa, the Katonga Region Police Spokesperson, says they intend to sensitize drivers and other road users how to behave while on the road and identify black spots.
According to Mwonda, they are about to sign a new output and performance road based contract on the north eastern road corridor of 350km from Soroti to Kamdini that will include strict measures on safety.
Crescent Baguma, 59, owned businesses including road construction units and several commercial buildings in Fort Portal and Kampala. He housed former Libyan president, Col. Muammar Gaddafi for five days in 2006.
The guidelines by the new management of the park are meant to reduce on accidents, but also improve on the working conditions for those who work in and use the park.
In a motion to pay tribute to the Miss Tourism Ambassadors who died last week, Nambooze stated that government has remained obstinate despite concerns raised earlier over the poor quality of the road. As a result, the road has become a death trap for road users, she adds.
Two people killed in a fatal accident involving Kampala Coach two days ago remain unclaimed at Mbarara regional referral Hospital mortuary. The Kampala Coach lost control and over turned several times at Kanyaryeru 23 kilometers from Mbarara.
Joseph Sseruwu died after the pickup vehicle number UAF 423T in which, he was traveling with his wife veered off the road and overturned in Kyogya swamp that borders Ssembabule and Bukomansimbi district.
A regulation that prohibits heavy vehicles from entering the Central Business District (CBD), residential and busy areas could help reduce road carnage. Traffic officials say.
The IOV a department of the Uganda Police stipulates that buses should have sufficient seating capacities for all passengers on board, secure fitted speed governors, tires in good working condition a functioning gear among others.
The accident occurred at about 10pm on Tuesday night after a speeding Juba bound mini bus registration number UAP 952L veered off the road and knocked dead a cyclist.
On average the traffic department was registering seven deaths on the road every day. Kasiima says since December 1, close to 150 people have been killed in road accidents. In December 2010, 320 people perished in the road carnage.
