Police in Kampala has arrested an errant ambulance driver involved in a hit and-run fatal accident at Mukwano Roundabout.
The deceased identified as Buronde Agnes a resident of Wabigalo was struck from behind and thrown off into a sewage trench at around 9.20am by an ambulance belonging to Kibuli Muslim Hospital along Mukwano Access road in Kampala City Centre.
The ambulance driver a one Mayanja Mohammed then sped off and was chased by the pedestrians and bodaboda riders hence prompting him to stop and rush the victim for first aid.
The 48-year-old woman was rushed to Kibuli Muslim Hospital where the condition worsened and referred to Mulago Hospital Causality Ward. Sadly, despite best efforts of paramedics, victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Mulago.
The driver of the ambulance then made a phone call to the deceased family, informed them of their relative that had been knocked by an unknown hit and run vehicle. This prompted the deceased’s family to seek for guidance from Traffic investigators to ascertain the cause of her death.
Police CCTV cameras were able to identify the vehicle involved in the fatal accident as UBA 784U belonging to Kibuli Muslim Hospital using the Automatic Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera located at Yusuf Lule Road and the same was later seen arriving at Mulago Casuality Ward.
According to the postmortem report the deceased suffered from multiple fractures causing internal bleeding.
The ambulance driver was later traced, arrested, detained at CPS Kampala and vehicle impounded pending further inquiries.
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