By KAMPALA UGANDA: Three people, including two school-going children, have died following a single-vehicle crash on the Mpala section of the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway on Monday morning, with fatigue being addressed as a possible cause.
According to officials from the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway (KEE), using their official social media handle, the vehicle was traveling from Masaka toward Entebbe International Airport when the accident occurred.
Preliminary findings indicate that the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel after a long-distance journey, causing the vehicle to lose control.
The Entebbe Expressway authorities confirmed that three occupants died at the scene, while another survivor sustained injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Allan Ssempebwa, the Ministry of Works and Transport publicist, earlier confirmed the crash and said that incident response teams from the expressway operator and the Uganda Police Force were deployed to manage the situation.
Emergency responders secured the crash scene and managed traffic flow along the busy toll highway as recovery operations were carried out. Authorities have not yet released the identities of the victims, but preliminary information indicates that two of those killed were school-going children.
The Kampala-Entebbe Expressway is Ugandas first toll road linking Kampala to Entebbe International Airport and carries thousands of vehicles daily. Officials say the crash highlights the dangers of driver fatigue, particularly among motorists traveling long distances.
