Summary:
- Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, stated that the victim was initially rushed to Kisoro Hospital by a good Samaritan before being referred to Mutolere Hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
KISORO: A 49-year-old Uganda Peoples Defence Force officer has died in tragic incident occurred along the Kisoro – Chanika road in Kisoro District.
The deceased, identified as RA/059053 WO1 Kamugisha Ramazan, was an army officer attached to Nyakabande 35 Battalion and a resident of the same barracks in Kisoro district.
He tragically passed away yesterday at Mutolere Hospital following a fatal accident involving his red TVS Star motorcycle, with registration number UEJ271X, at Busamba village in the Southern division of Kisoro municipality.
Reports indicate that the accident occurred when WO1 Kamugisha failed to negotiate a corner along the road, causing him to fall and sustain severe head and chest injuries.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, stated that the victim was initially rushed to Kisoro Hospital by a good Samaritan before being referred to Mutolere Hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Postmortem procedures were conducted at Mutolere Hospital.
Maate further mentioned that the motorcycle involved in the accident has been taken to Kisoro Central Police station pending inspection by the Inspector of Vehicles (IOV), and the scene has been visited with a sketch map drawn.
