SAD! International Journalist, Driver Killed in Road Accident in Uganda

Sumaya Sadurni Carrasco, a Spanish journalist with Agence France Presse (AFP), and her driver Thomas Mugisha, have died in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu Highway.

Sumaya Sadurni Carrasco

Carrasco, 33, and Mugisha, 42, perished at Chopelwo Valley in Kiryandongo District after a head-on collision between a Fuso truck Registration Number UAL 192U and a Toyota Rav4 UAS 597U on the night of March 07.

The duo died on spot at about 8:30pm, and their bodies were taken to Kiryandongo Hospital for postmortem examinations.

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