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Sixty-three people died after several vehicles crashed on a major highway in Uganda, police said Wednesday.
Two buses traveling in opposite directions “met” when trying to overtake two other vehicles – a truck and a car – on the Kampala-Gulu highway at 00:15 local time (21:15 GMT), according to the Ugandan police force.
One of the buses swerved in an attempt to avoid a crash, but in the process caused a “head-on and side collision” that led to a “chain reaction” in which other vehicles lost control and overturned.
Besides the dead, the occupants of the vehicles involved and several others were injured, police said. An investigation has been launched.
The injured were taken to a hospital in the western town of Kiriandongo.
The highway between the capital Kampala in the south and the northern city of Gulu is one of the busiest in the country.
After the crash, police urged drivers to avoid “dangerous and careless overtaking”.
It said it “remains one of the leading causes of crashes in the country”.
