Lira city principal education officer dies in road crash
The wreckage of the saloon car in which Dr Jasper Abura (inset) died after it collided with a truck. PHOTO/ SANTO OJOK
What you need to know:
- Dr Jasper Abura died after the saloon car he was driving in collided with a truck
Lira City Principal Education Officer, Dr Jasper Abura has died following a Friday morning motor crash along Lira-Soroti highway.
Police and eyewitnesses said Dr Abura died after the car in which he was driving to Lira City collided with a yet to be identified truck at Adwila Village in Amac Sub-county at around 1am.
According to a police report, Abura died on the spot while two other occupants of the vehicle; Mr Emmanuel Komakech, the town clerk of Lira City West Division and Mr Jacob Okello, the driver of the ill-fated vehicle sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Lira Regional Referral Hospital where they are receiving medical treatment.
“Our team went on ground. The body has been picked and taken to Lira Regional Referral Mortuary pending a postmortem and the two injured were also rushed to the same facility for treatment. We are yet to understand what exactly happened. We are in contact with other police along the highway to have the trailer impounded and the driver arrested as well,” North Kyoga Region Police Spokesperson, Mr Patrick Jimmy Okema said.
Abura’s death comes barely four months after the then Lira City Town Clerk, Theopilus Tibihika perished in a similar manner when his vehicle overturned along Lira-Apac Road in May.
