School bus crash kills 21 in eastern Uganda

At least 21 people, including 20 school children, were killed and several others injured after a school bus crashed in eastern Uganda on Thursday evening, police said Friday.

Michael Kananura, spokesperson for the Traffic and Road Safety Directorate, said in a statement that the bus, carrying pupils from King David Junior School in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, crashed at Chekwatit Village in Kapchorwa District.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the pupils had been on an educational tour to Sipi Falls in Kapchorwa.

"While returning from the tour, the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the road, struck a large stone along the roadside and overturned," Kananura said.

"Police investigations into the exact cause of the crash are ongoing," he added.

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