Police in Mbarara are holding one Alison Mwesiga, the driver of a Fuso truck registration number UAQ 265Z that rammed into Petro Uganda service station, along High Street in Mbarara after losing control.
The truck which was carrying an excavator rammed into the fuel station on the Mbarara Kabale Road.
Witnesses say the driver was reversing when overloaded truck hit and knocked down the shade of the station’s filling point
The structure crumbled destroying two other vehicles.
The fuel station belongs to Sheik Hajj Adam Swaleh who told Chimpreports that it was fully insured.
According to Rwizi regional traffic officer, Patrick Mungasa, the Fuso is believed to have developed a mechanical problem.
The driver was taken to Mbarara police station for investigations.