Our very sincere condolences to Patrick and the families touched by this horrific incident! I partly grew up in Tara when my dad (RIP) was a teacher there for three years so am certain that some of the families involved in this tragedy are personally known to our family. God will only heal the void that is left in the survivors!
Dr. Yumaa's advice about minimising travel at night under such circumstances is spot on! I have personally suggested to three or more relatives and friends who have been involved in bus accidents over the last 4 years to at least travel to and from kampala from Koboko/Arua during the day instead of at night when they all had the accidents! When there is more than one driver in a private vehicle, there is nothing wrong sharing the driving responsibilities to ensure that the main driver is rested. When I travelled to Uganda in 2007, a very good friend offered to pick me up from Kampala and drive me to Arua and then koboko. It so happened that the vehicle needed repair in Kampala and so we did not depart for Arua until 6 pm. By the time we reached Karuma around 1 30 am my friend was begining to tire and I had to take over the driving for sometime just to allow him to rest because he was busy all day in Kampala in addition to the stress of ensuring the car was properly repaired. Once again Patrick, our very sincere condolences. Our prayers are with you and the rest of the surviving relatives. Charles On 8/2/12, Sunday Akile <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > This accident occurred last Friday on the 27th/07 at about 8.30pm. I can > confirm this because i was traveling to Arua that evening for a Board > meeting when i met it had just occurred with all the nine dead who were all > accompanying a dead body for burial to Tara village in Maracha District. At > the time of our arrival the nine bodies and the coffin were all at the scene > untouched and shocking! All of us began to shiver and i must say everybody > with us was caught up in a sadden reflection of what life is all about. > Even our driver who was a little faster before we met this sickening scene > slowed down up to our arrival at Arua. At this time non of us could hardly > identify any of the victim a part from seeing at least the nine were > accompanying the coffin on board. > > This Driver (though he survived) of a Toyota Double Cabin registration no. > for Local Government 36 (probably Jinja District) crashed right under a > stationery Trailer at the road side. > > One or two lessons can be learnt: > > Speed control while driving and even more control needed when driving at > night.For a driver who is not familiar with the road has to avoid venturing > at night although this is no exceptions to knowing the road or not alike.we > especially at this age in time should also reflect on how we should bury our > loved one. Note all these people were nearly close relatives and all from > Maracha if not all from the same village. > was it necessary to leave that late and end up in the bad sections of our > roads at night. Yes it is true the road is smooth but it is not safe! > All these lessons are food for thought. > > Akile Sunday Igu Rocks > > --- On Wed, 8/1/12, Godfrey Mundua <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Godfrey Mundua <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Loss of nine colleagues > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 11:24 PM > > Kaleb, > When did this accident happen?? > Kindly send us more info and updates on this..am surprised to learn this > from you. > I have friends and relatives who travelled. > > Godfrey > > > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Benard Titre <[email protected]> wrote: > > My Heart felt condolences. May their souls R.I.P! > TB.....d...Son > > > From: Caleb Alaka <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 6:36 PM > Subject: [WestNileNet] Loss of nine colleagues > > > > Condolences to all those who lost a friend or a relative on the Karuma > accident which claimed nine lives of our Beloved colleagues to wit: > Major, Jimmy (R.I.P) and colleagues. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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