Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 63 people, police said, in one of the worst motor 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 highway to Gulu, a major city in northern Uganda.

Two bus drivers going in opposite directions attempted to overtake other vehicles and collided near the town of Kiryandongo, according to police.

"In the process, both buses met head-on during the overtaking maneuvers," the police statement said.

The death toll in the latest crash in Uganda is uncommonly high, saFatal road crashes are common in Uganda and elsewhere ...