Fury among residents after horrific Kagadi road crash

Residents look at the wreckage of the truck and taxi in the aftermath of a deadly road crash that claimed 17 lives on the night of July 16, 2023- about two kilometres from River Muzizi, near the border of Kyenjojo and Kagadi districts. The accident was in one of the sharp corners of Nyanseke Village in Muhorro Town Council, Kagadi District. PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA

Residents are seen on July 17, 2023 inspecting the wreckage of the taxi that was rammed into by a trailer on Sunday night, leaving 17 people dead on Kyenjojo-Kagadi road at Nyanseke Village in Muhorro Town Council, Kagadi District. Some of the dead include Joy Kubanza, taxi-driver Henry Acaali, Ruth Mbabazi and Proscovia Komujuni (inset). PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA

A July 17, 2023 general view of a wheel loader clearing the accident scene in the aftermath of a road crash involving a truck and taxi on the night of July 16, 2023- about 2kms from River Muzizi, near the border of Kyenjojo and Kagadi districts. The accident which claimed 17 lives was in one of the sharp corners of Nyanseke Village in Muhorro Town Council, Kagadi District. 

Angry residents from Kagadi District block Kagadi-Kyenjojo Road at Muzizi forest where a horrific road crash involving a truck and a pasenger taxi claimed at least 17 lives on the night of July 16, 2023. They accused police of delaying in response to the incident. PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA (3)

On July 17, 2023, furious Kagadi District residents blocked and set fire in the middle of a major road, accusing police of delaying to respond to a crash incident in which 17 people perished on the previous night along the Kagadi-Kyenjojo Road. PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA

A July 17, 2023 general view of the accident scene in the aftermath of a road crash involving a truck and taxi on the night of July 16, 2023- about 2kms from River Muzizi, near the border of Kyenjojo and Kagadi districts. The accident which claimed 17 lives was in one of the sharp corners of Nyanseke Village in Muhorro Town Council, Kagadi District. 

Security officers are seen on July 17, 2023 at the scene as residents look at the wreckage of the truck and taxi in the aftermath of a deadly road crash that claimed 17 lives on the night of July 16, 2023, about 2kms from River Muzizi, near the border of Kyenjojo and Kagadi districts. The road crash occurred after the truck driver failed to break, according to police. PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA

Some of the family members wait to receive the bodies of their people at Kagadi Hospital mortuary on July 17, 2023. PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA

Residents look at the wreckage of the truck in the aftermath of a deadly road crash involving a taxi on the night of July 16, 2023- about two kilometres from River Muzizi, near the border of Kyenjojo and Kagadi districts. The accident which claimed 17 lives was in one of the sharp corners of Nyanseke Village in Muhorro Town Council, Kagadi District. PHOTO/ALEX ASHABA