Onatracom bus knocks pedestrian dead

KARONGI – One unidentified person was yesterday killed while another one was injured in two separate road accidents along the Kigali-Karongi highway. The deceased died on the spot when a Rusizi bound Onatracom bus travelling from Kigali hit him as he tried to cross the road.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Residents help to load the body of the deceased on a police pickup. (Photo: S. Nkurunziza)

KARONGI – One unidentified person was yesterday killed while another one was injured in two separate road accidents along the Kigali-Karongi highway.

The deceased died on the spot when a Rusizi bound Onatracom bus travelling from Kigali hit him as he tried to cross the road.

Meanwhile another man whose identity could also not be established by press time fell off a bicycle he was riding and smashed his head on roadside pavement.

Good Samaritans immediately took him to Kibuye Hospital where he is currently admitted with serious head injuries.

"He is in a very poor condition however we are closely monitoring his status,” a doctor who preferred not to be mentioned said.

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