The bus was carrying 44 passengers.
IGIHE has learnt that the driver handed over control of the bus to a colleague following a search at the Kagitumba border. The second driver allegedly drove at high speed and subsequently crashed into a tree near the road, causing the bus to derail.
Nyagatare District Vice Mayor for Social Affairs, Juliet Murekatete has told IGIHE that three people died in the accident, and 29 others were injured.
“Following the incident, we rushed 34 survivors to a nearby health center, of whom 29 were later transferred to Nyagatare District Hospital,” she said.
Murekatete revealed that the three victims were women, but it has not yet been confirmed whether they were all Rwandan nationals. Their bodies have been taken to Nyagatare District Hospital.
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