Police say at least 63 people have been killed in a highway accident in western Uganda. The crash involved multiple vehicles, including two buses, and occurred after midnight local time on the highway to the northern city of Gulu. Authorities say the collision happened when a bus driver attempted to overtake and hit a lorry head-on. Fatal road crashes are common in Uganda, where roads are often narrow. Police often blame such accidents on speeding drivers.

A hit-and-run driver has crashed into an outdoor birthday party in suburban Washington, D.C., killing a woman and injuring eight children. Authorities say 13 people in total were hurt in the wreck Saturday evening in Bladensburg, Maryland. The children ranged in age from 1 to 17 years old. Video from the scene showed a sedan inside a tent on a lawn. Police say the driver, a 66-year-old man, ran from the crash but later turned himself in. Investigators are consulting with prosecutors about charges. The woman killed was identified as 31-year-old Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez, of Washington.

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Carmen Gavidia Ramírez holds a 2007 portrait of her niece Kenia, who died in a traffic accident in Jackson County, Georgia, at her home in Tepetitan, El Salvador, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

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Carmen Gavidia Ramírez shows a portrait of her sister Maribel Ramírez and her nephew Evan, who died in a traffic accident in Jackson County, Georgia, at her home in Tepetitan, El Salvador, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

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Carmen Gavidia Ramírez, whose sister died in a traffic accident in Jackson County, Georgia, talks on the phone at her home in Tepetitán, El Salvador, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)