Kampala, Uganda May 4 (BNA) 20 people have been killed after a passenger bus crashed into a tea plantation off a highway in western Uganda, Ugandan police said, the Associated Press reported.
Police said at least seven of the victims of the Wednesday morning accident were minors.
There was no immediate information on the cause of the accident, which is considered one of the deadliest accidents in Uganda in recent years.
The bus was heading from Fort Portal to the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Pictures from the scene circulated on social media showed that responders were trying to rescue survivors from the wreckage.
Fatal car accidents are frequent in Uganda, where roads and highways are narrow and often littered with potholes. Head-to-head collisions involving heavy vehicles are common.
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