Summary:
- Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Elly Maate confirmed the incident, stating that the accident occurred on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at Kabaraga along the highway.
KABALE: A 38-year-old cyclist, Stephen Barugahare, a resident of Karuhumu Cell in Kyanamira Sub-county, Kabale District, has died in an accident along the Kabale-Mbarara highway.
Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Elly Maate confirmed the incident, stating that the accident occurred on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at Kabaraga along the highway.
The accident involved a Toyota Noah, registration number CGO 8207BN 01, silver in color, driven by Innocent Dakalihire Safaris, a resident of Mpondwe in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who is now in police custody. It also involved a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle, red in color, registration number UEQ 280C, which Barugahare was riding.
According to Maate, the driver of the Toyota Noah was traveling from Mbarara toward Kabale when he collided with the motorcycle coming from the opposite direction, resulting in Barugahare’s death on the spot.
Maate attributed the accident to speeding on the part of the vehicle’s driver.
The police visited the scene, transported the body to Kabale Referral Hospital mortuary for a postmortem, and towed both the vehicle and motorcycle for inspection.
