Summary:
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson says that Ngabirano sustained critical injuries and was pronounced dead while being transported to the hospital.
KABALE: Kabale police have launched an investigation into a fatal road accident that claimed the life of a 33-year-old boda boda rider, Ngabirano Wilber, a resident of Kiyora Village, Kitumba Sub-county, Kabale District.
Police says that the accident occurred on February 28, 2025, at around 11:00 AM at Kiyora Village along the Kabale–Lake Bunyonyi murram road.
The accident involved a motor vehicle, registration number UBB 675Y, an Isuzu ELF (blue in color), driven by an unknown driver who is currently on the run, and a motorcycle, registration number UEY 865V, a Bajaj Boxer (red in color), ridden by the deceased.
Preliminary reports indicate that at the time of the accident, the driver of the Isuzu ELF was transporting aggregates from the Lake Bunyonyi side towards Kabale.
The motorcycle, also traveling in the same direction ahead of the vehicle, was knocked from behind after the truck reportedly suffered brake failure, causing the driver to lose control.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson says that Ngabirano sustained critical injuries and was pronounced dead while being transported to the hospital.
Maate noted that Police were notified, and a team led by ASP Mucunguzi, Officer-in-Charge of Traffic, visited the scene, sketch plan was drawn, statements were recorded, and the deceased’s body was taken to Kabale Referral Hospital Mortuary for a postmortem examination.
He said that both the motor vehicle (UBB 675Y) and the motorcycle (UEY 865V) are currently parked at Kabale Central Police Station (CPS) yard pending inspection by the Inspector of Vehicles (IOV).
He attributed the accident to brake failure and said that investigations are ongoing.
