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Sixty-three people have died after several vehicles crashed on a highway in Uganda, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two buses travelling in opposite directions “met head on” while trying to overtake two other vehicles on the Kampala-Gulu Highway at 00:15 local time (21:15 GMT), according to the Uganda Police Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the buses swerved in an attempt to avoid a crash, but in the process caused a “head on and side collision” that led to a “chain reaction” in which other vehicles lost control and overturned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as the fatalities, passengers of the vehicles involved, and several others, were injured, police said, and an investigation has been launched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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