At least 20 children, 1 adult killed in school bus crash in Uganda

Kampala: At least 20 children and one adult were killed when an elementary school bus crashed in the East African country of Uganda, police said Friday.

The bus crashed Thursday night in the Kapchorwa District in eastern Uganda while returning from an educational tour to the region's Sipi Falls waterfalls, the Uganda Police Force said in a statement posted on X.

Police said survivors, including three adults and several children, were taken to local hospitals. Authorities did not immediately give an exact number of how many people were injured.


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The bus belonged to the King David Junior School, an elementary school situated in the capital Kampala, police said.

The driver reportedly lost control of the bus, which veered off the road, struck a rock and overturned, according to police.