KAMPALA, UGANDA (Eye Radio) – Uganda Police have revised the death toll from the fatal multi-vehicle crash on the Kampala-Gulu highway at Kitaleeba Village. The official figure now stands at 46 people, reduced from the 63 fatalities initially confirmed this morning.

The revised figure was released after a review by authorities. According to Uganda Police, the initial fatality count of 63 may have mistakenly included several victims who were found unconscious at the time of the crash.

In a statement, police emphasized that they are working in close coordination with health and emergency services to ensure the most accurate and timely updates as the situation develops.

This morning, the police said in a statement posted on X on Wednesday, that the incident occurred on the Kampala-Gulu highway just after midnight, when two buses “met head-on during the overtaking manoeuvres.”

One of the drivers swerved in an attempt to avoid a collision, but instead caused “a chain reaction” which led to at least four other vehicles “losing control and overturning several times,” the statement said.

“As a result, 63 people lost their lives, all occupants from the involved vehicles and several others sustained injuries,” police said.

Those hurt had been taken to Kiryandongo Hospital and other nearby medical facilities, the statement said, but did not give any further details on the number injured or the extent of their wounds.