{"id":986,"date":"2024-05-23T05:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T05:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2024-05-23T05:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T05:31:31","slug":"a-drunk-pedestrian-knocked-dead-in-rukiga-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/a-drunk-pedestrian-knocked-dead-in-rukiga-district\/","title":{"rendered":"A drunk pedestrian Knocked dead in Rukiga District."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RUKIGA:<\/strong> Police in Rukiga District have launched a manhunt for an unknown motor vehicle that knocked dead a pedestrian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deceased has been identified as Mbetabaitu&nbsp;Christopher&nbsp;67 a resident of Kitaburaza cell, Nyakabengo parish, Bukinda Sub County in Rukiga district<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident occurred on 22th May 2024 Wednesday at about 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