Police in Rubanda District have launched investigations into a fatal hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a motorcyclist on Monday night.
The deceased has been identified as Albert Nuwamanya, 36, a resident of Muyumbu in Kyanamira Sub-county, Kabale District. Nuwamanya died on the spot after the motorcycle he was riding was knocked down by an unidentified motor vehicle.
According to police, the crash occurred at around 8:00 p.m. at Bubare Trading Centre along the Kabale–Kisoro Road. Nuwamanya was riding a red Bajaj Boxer motorcycle, registration number UFQ 036L, when the unknown vehicle reportedly rammed into him from behind.
Preliminary findings indicate that both the motorcycle and the unidentified motor vehicle were travelling in the same direction from Kabale towards Kisoro when the vehicle struck the rider and fled the scene.
Police officers visited and documented the crash scene. Nuwamanya’s body was later transported to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination, while the damaged motorcycle was taken to Rubanda Central Police Station pending inspection.
The Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, ASP Elly Maate says that Police has since launched a manhunt for the driver responsible for the crash.
Maate asked urged members of the public with information that could help identify or locate the vehicle involved to report to the nearest police station.
Maate said that investigations into the incident are ongoing.
