A 30-year old driver is feared dead after his vehicle plunged in a flooded river in Otong parish in Amuru district on Tuesday afternoon.
Police has said chances are that the driver could dead.
According to police, Charles Kawoya a resident of Matanga in Masaka district was driving a crane when he plunged into the river in Otong parish in Pabbo Sub County, Amuru district.
Kawoya was in the area to load tree logs into a truck.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the Aswa Region Police Spokesperson confirmed the incident and said the river was flooded due to a heavy downpour.
Okema revealed that Kawoya was trying to cross the bridge on the river with his vehicle registration number UAX 917J when strong waves swept the vehicle into the water.
At the time of filing this report the vehicle was still submerged in the river.
Two unidentified men who were travelling with Kawoya in the ill-fated vehicle were rescued and rushed to St Mary’s Hospital Lacor branch in Pabbo Sub County.
In related news, Elegu border town in Atiak Sub County is flooded after River Unyama broke its banks and swept homes and the market in the busy border town at the Uganda- South Sudan border.
The Atiak-Juba Highway which links Uganda to South Sudan is submerged.
At least 35 people and animals were rescued after their homes were flooded on Tuesday at around 4pm. The flooded have reportedly destroyed over 80 acres of crops in the area.
Police fire brigade and a rescue team have been deployed in Elegu.
Seven bridges including Unyama Bridge, Palabek and Otong have been swept following Tuesday’s heavy downpours which started at 2 am until about 9am the following day.
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Kony itye kwene?. Ngwiny cet pa Balalo.
This is nonsense. They take land instead of taking away cattle from landless people. Tribal Mixing of people of very different cultures (Pastoral and settled communities with different languages and customs) is a recipe for future BLOOD SHED guns and spears – no problems. But then again maybe they are just return Acholi cattle previously eaten by NRA /M. We will eat when the time comes – there are over a million of us they cannot kill all of us.
Better arrangement is to count cattle at start of year. Take 10 % of new cattle born on rented land. Forget the 300,000.00 cash – learn to make tough business ARRANGEMENT. eg Balaloo arrives with 15 cow, 10 calfs born in the year on your land – you take one calf. SIMPLE. Before long you will have as many cows as them!!!