KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A collision between a passenger van operating as a commuter taxi and a truck carrying sand killed at least 14 people in , police said.
The crash happened Monday night on a highway in Kamunga Trading Center, an area in Kalungu district. All of those killed were passengers in the van, while four others were injured, police said in a statement.
Authorities in the East African nation said they were searching for the truck driver, who fled the scene.
Road accidents a and . The accidents often are blamed on poorly maintained vehicles, excess speed and poor road conditions,
returning from an educational trip to a scenic waterfall in July veered off a road and overturned, killing at least 20 children and one adult in eastern Uganda.
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