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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) \u2014 At least 14 people have died and 28 others were injured after a bus collided with a truck in a remote area of northern Uganda<\/a>, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The incident happened late on Tuesday at a trading center along the highway to the northern city of Gulu<\/a>, according to a police statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary reports indicate that the driver of the bus, who was allegedly speeding, attempted to avoid a pedestrian crossing the road lost control of the vehicle and collided head-on with the oncoming trailer,\u201d the police statement said.<\/p>\n

Fatal road crashes are common<\/a> in Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa, where roads are often narrow. Police usually blame such accidents on speeding drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) \u2014 At least 14 people have died and 28 others were injured after a bus collided with a truck in a remote area of northern Uganda, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened late on Tuesday at a trading center along the highway to the northern city of Gulu, according to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"5c98df94-994b-4a3b-9036-3514ea86dce7","source":"The Associated Press","byline":"Associated Press","published":"2026-07-08 04:41:13","updated":"2026-07-08 04:41:13","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1303,1304],"tags":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-6444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6444\/bus-collision-with-truck-leaves-14-dead-in-remote-area-of-northern-uganda\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bus collision with truck leaves 14 dead in remote area of northern Uganda","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6444\/bus-collision-with-truck-leaves-14-dead-in-remote-area-of-northern-uganda\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6444\/bus-collision-with-truck-leaves-14-dead-in-remote-area-of-northern-uganda\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"International","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Associated Press"}],"creator":["The Associated Press"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-07-08T11:41:13Z","datePublished":"2026-07-08T11:41:13Z","dateModified":"2026-07-08T11:41:13Z"},"rendered":"