Around 4am on March 1, 2026, a passenger bus on the Kiboga-Hoima highway met a Fuso truck loaded with charcoal head-on at Kyakabuga Village in Kyankwanzi District. Both vehicles caught fire. Six people died at the scene and seven more were critically hurt.
The bus, registration UBQ 595G, was heading from Kampala to Hoima. The truck, a Fuso Fighter registered UBF 541C, was coming the other way. The impact started a blaze that burned both vehicles out completely.
Wamala Region Police spokesperson Lameck Kigozi gave the breakdown. “Two of the deceased were passengers on the bus, while four were occupants of the Fuso truck,” he said. The seven critically injured were rushed for treatment.
Police named two of the dead. Gerald Muhumuza, 40, was the bus driver, from Hoima West Division. Linongola Matsukizo, 47, was a Congolese businesswoman. The four people in the truck had not been identified when the report was filed.
Bodies went to the mortuary at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital. The injured were taken to Kikonda Health Centre III. Crews from Kyankwanzi and Hoima, backed by a fire brigade unit from Hoima, put out the fire and secured the scene, though the burned wreckage stayed on the road while authorities worked to clear it. Traffic was only partly flowing, and motorists were told to take care near Kyakabuga.
The cause is not yet known. “Investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing,” Kigozi said, urging road users to follow traffic rules and drive carefully, “especially during early morning hours.” Police offered condolences to the families and wished the injured a quick recovery.
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