One person reportedly died on the spot Thursday evening after a motor vehicle loaded with cabbages overturned in Kanaba Sub-county, along the Kabale–Kisoro road in Kisoro District.
The deceased has been identified as Wilson Ndayambaje, a resident of Gitebe Village, Kagezi Parish in Kanaba Sub-county. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred at around 5:00 PM on a feeder road near Muteto Trading Centre in Kagera Village, Kagezi Parish.
The vehicle, a white Fuso Fighter truck with registration number UBK 505T, was reportedly overloaded with cabbages when it lost control and overturned, fatally crushing Ndayambaje.
The driver, whose identity remains unknown, fled the scene immediately after the accident.
Crime scene officers from Kisoro Central Police Station visited the scene at around 7:40 PM and transported the body to Kisoro Hospital Mortuary for a postmortem examination.
By press time, there had been no official statement from Kisoro police regarding the incident
