According to the Rwizi region Police spokesman, the accident involved motor vehicles UBN 375Q Subaru Forester and  UBP314A Toyota hiace white in colour at Kahunga trading center along Ntungamo Mbarara road.

Kasasira has since identified the victims as Manirakiza Moses 29, a mufumbira by tribe, an engineer and resident of Burungu village muramba sub county in Kisoro district who was driving the Subaru Forester, Twesigye Kenneth 31, an engineer with National Water and Sewerage Corporation and resident of Rwikiniro village, Ruhaama sub county in Ntungamo district, a passenger in the Subaru Forester.

The third victim is Mujurizi Herbert aka Rough, a munyankole resident of Rukungiri district and driver of taxi. 13 victims in the taxi UBP314A were left with injuries and are admitted at Itojo hospital.

Kasasira told the press that driver of the Subaru was coming from Mbarara heading to Ntungamo while it was raining. When he was approaching Kahunga trading center, running water had covered the road on his lane.

He decided to swave on the right, violating right of way of the on coming UBP 314A from the opposite direction and later a head on collision.

Kasasira confided to this reporter that the bodies of the deceased persons were conveyed to itojo hospital mortuary pending postmortem.

Both vehicles were towed and parked at  Ntungamo police station pending inspection according to Kasasira.

It should be remembered that Eng. Kenneth Twesigye was a day before he met his death been introduced by his fiance Prize Patience in Rukungiri district and they were slated to tie knot on Saturday December 9th 2023 at St. Luke Ntinda before they would host their guests at Hotel Africana in Kampala.