At least 63 people killed in multiple vehicle crash in Uganda, police say

The collision happened on the road to Gulu, a major city in the north of the country (Uganda Red Cross/AP)

Two buses and two other vehicles crashed in western Uganda, killing at least 63 people, police said, in one of the worst road accidents in the East African country in recent years.

Several other people were injured in the crash that happened after midnight local time on the road to Gulu, a major city in northern Uganda.