At least 11 people were killed Tuesday after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in Uganda, police said. Two children were among the dead. The truck overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala,

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 report by the Uganda Police shows that most of the 11 victims who died in a tanker explosion were siphoning fuel moments before it caught fire.