A panicking man netted by police in the night for breaking curfew in Kalangala district has committed suicide by jumping off a speeding patrol vehicle to his death.
The deceased, 37-year-old, Mike Ssenyomo, a resident of Mulabana landing site in Bujumba Sub County was captured among others while moving late in the night and bundled onto a pick-up van to Kalangala Central Police Station for custody
However in the middle of the journey, before the police pickup, van could reach the station Ssenyomo panicked and jumped off the speeding vehicle, dying on the spot.
However, residents of the Bwendero landing site, fear that Ssenyomo could have fallen off the speeding police car accidentally.
They accuse the Pickup police driver of always over speeding while carrying suspects behind the pickup
Benon Byamukama, the Kalangala District Police Commander, says police is investigating if indeed he jumped out of the vehicle on his own or fell off and hit a hard surface.
Byamukama says a post-mortem was carried out and the body has been handed over to the family of the deceased for burial.
This is the second time in a span of one week that a suspect is falling off under similar circumstances.
