The truck Isuzu Elf registration number UAG 180B, which was carrying traders to Ruseri market in Mpara Sub County, overturned several times after it failed to break as it slopped on a steep slope.
14 of the injured were rushed to Mubende hospital, while Julius Ntege, the driver of the truck is among the three who were referred to Mulago hospital in critical condition.
The dead have been identified as William Kayongo 45, hailing from Nakaseka in Mubende district and Harriet from Mityana district.
Several people escaped with broken limbs and hands.
Bakari Muga, the Rwenzori region police spokesperson revealed that the accident happened at on Friday at around 5pm.
?It was a nasty scene, but the blame goes to the driver. How do you load all those people on a truck?? Mugah wondered.
He said the vehicle was in a bad mechanical condition since its breaks could not work well.
Mugah cautioned the public against overloading and urged them to know their rights as passengers.
A week back ten people perished in a similar accident along the Kyenjojo-Kaseta junction on the Hoima-Kaiso-Tonya road in Kabwoya Sub County in Hoima district.
By Geoffrey Mutegeki Araali, The New Vision
