KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan police spokesman says several people might be dead after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in the East African country. Patrick Onyango said the truck had overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala, the capital.

At least 11 people were killed after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in Uganda, police officials stated. Two children were among the dead. According to police spokesman Patrick Onyango, the truck toppled after an accident and later exploded in a community near Kampala,

A fuel truck ran out of control and exploded into flames near the Ugandan capital on Tuesday, killing 11 people, including two minors, police said. Eleven people died, including two minors, the Uganda Police Force said in a statement on X,