Danish missionary dies in Masaka accident

Wreckage of a two-vehicle collision Masaka-Kampala Highway on Tuesday night.Photos by Issa Aliga

Two people including a Danish national have been confirmed dead following an accident that involved a a Mitshubish Pajero and a bus on the Masaka-Kampala Highway on Tuesday.

The late Pella Haring who was driving the Pajero and Reynolds Ssamula, aged 3, died after the car they were travelling in hit a bus Reg. No. UAP 753H belonging to Gaaga Bus Company.

Haring was a missionary who lived in Masaka Town with a Ugandan wife. Passengers travelling in the bus escaped unhurt according officer in charge of Traffic at Masaka Police Station, Anatoli Baluku.