Two people perish in road accident

Two people yesterday died on the spot when their motorcycle rammed a tractor that had collided head-on with a lorry at Ebwaliro on the Ekero-Sabatia road.

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The driver of the tractor had lost control of the vehicle after its brakes failed.

The motorcycle rider is admitted to hospital in a critical condition. According to Dennis Mukolwe, a witness, the rider of the motorcycle was heading to Sabatia when he hit the tractor.

The bodies were moved to St Mary's Hospital mortuary.

The Buyangu-Ekero road has had several road accidents in the past two months, with 10 people killed on the busy highway.