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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) \u2014 A collision between a passenger van operating as a commuter taxi and a truck carrying sand killed at least 14 people in Uganda<\/a>, police said.<\/p>\n

The crash happened Monday night on a highway in Kamunga Trading Center, an area in Kalungu district. All of those killed were passengers in the van, while four others were injured, police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Authorities in the East African nation said they were searching for the truck driver, who fled the scene.<\/p>\n

Road accidents a problem across Africa<\/a> and common in Uganda<\/a>. The accidents often are blamed on poorly maintained vehicles, excess speed and poor road conditions, <\/p>\n

An elementary school bus<\/a> returning from an educational trip to a scenic waterfall in July veered off a road and overturned, killing at least 20 children and one adult in eastern Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) \u2014 A collision between a passenger van operating as a commuter taxi and a truck carrying sand killed at least 14 people in Uganda, police said. The crash happened Monday night on a highway in Kamunga Trading Center, an area in Kalungu district. All of those killed were passengers in the van, […]<\/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":"80d6f58c-bca2-4ee7-9017-c47f88f2369d","source":"The Associated Press","byline":"","published":"2026-08-04 00:15:46","updated":"2026-08-04 00:15:46","_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-6785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6785\/uganda-police-say-at-least-14-people-killed-in-collision-between-truck-and-taxi-van\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Uganda police say at least 14 people killed in collision between truck and taxi van","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6785\/uganda-police-say-at-least-14-people-killed-in-collision-between-truck-and-taxi-van\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6785\/uganda-police-say-at-least-14-people-killed-in-collision-between-truck-and-taxi-van\/"},"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":"2026-08-04T07:15:46Z","datePublished":"2026-08-04T07:15:46Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:15:46Z"},"rendered":"