Serere County Member of Parliament Patrick Okabe and his wife Christine Okabe have died following a Monday morning road crash at Naboa town council along the Mbale Tirinyi road in Budaka District.
The couple was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser, registration number UBK 995F.
Their driver only identified as Jacob remains in critical condition at Mbale regional referral hospital.
According to the police, the cause of the accident has been attributed to the Isuzu box body (registration number KCX 071K) driver, who was speeding, drifted from his side to the side of the Landcruiser that was coming from Mbale heading to Iganga, and had a head-on collision.
The police said the driver of the Fuso box body is on the run after causing the accident.
