By Peter Abanabasazi<\/p>\n
Shock engulfed residents of Mairirwe in Buhimba sub-county, in Kikuube district after a speeding taxi knocked two children dead.<\/p>\n
The deceased children have been identified as Bridget Atuhairwe aged nine and her elder brother Trevor Murungi aged 14 all children of one Brown a driver from Hoima Taxi Park.<\/p>\n
According to the Mairirwe LCI chairman Amon Byamukama, the accident occurred this morning at around 7am after the driver of taxi registration number UBA 463G lost control as he negotiated a conner and knocked the children who were on a bicycle.<\/p>\n
He says the deceased had been sent to Mairirwe trading center to clear the bush around their father\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Julius Hakiiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson confirms the accident adding that the driver whose identity has not been established escaped abandoning the vehicle at the scene of accident.<\/p>\n
He noted that taxi was towered and taken to Kikuube police station where it being kept while the bodies of the deceased were taken to Kikuube health centre IV for a postmortem before they were handed over to the family for burial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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