Summary:
- According to a police statement, the driver of the trailer, registration number UAQ 053R/UAV 039V, a white truck whose particulars are not yet established, is currently detained at Kisoro Central Police Station.
KISORO: Police in Kisoro District have arrested a trailer driver following an accident that claimed the life of a pedal cyclist along the Kisoro-Kabale Highway in Kisoro Town Council.
According to a police statement, the driver of the trailer, registration number UAQ 053R/UAV 039V, a white truck whose particulars are not yet established, is currently detained at Kisoro Central Police Station.
The driver is accused of knocking dead a pedal cyclist identified as Dusabe Philbert, whose place of residence had not been established by press time.
The accident occurred on Wednesday at around 2:30 PM in Busamba Cell, Kisoro Town Council.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson, confirmed the incident. He explained that the cyclist, while riding from Kisoro towards Kabale, lost control and fell onto the road, where he was struck by the trailer, dying instantly.
“The scene was visited and documented, and the body was taken to Kisoro Hospital mortuary for postmortem,” Maate said.
He added that both the motor vehicle and the bicycle are parked at Kisoro Police Yard awaiting inspection by the Inspector of Vehicles (IOV).
