FMU officials, led by Vice president Hajji Hamidu Gombe paid their last respect to the Motorsport fan Mark Alvin Stoke who was a team member of the IUEA racing team.
He lost his life on Saturday in an accident while travelling back from Sembabule where Hassan Alwi won the KCB-SMC Masaka Rally.
Hassan Alwi who won the KCB SMC Rally lays a wreaths on the casket of the late Mark Stoke.
This accident happened on the way back home from Sembabule at night and he died at the spot.
UMOSPOC’s Ssemengo rescues FMU official
Meanwhile at the end of the rally, UMOSPOC Member Charles Dick Ssemengo who was the Stage commanda in the Chairman Toyota Stage , that also doubles as Sodo stage, saved thelife of FMU administrator Steven Okwoga.
Okwonga was knocked on a boda-boda by a speeding fans car on his way to the Service park fracturing his foot and also dislocating the shoulder.
Ssemengo communicated to the ambulance which came and transported both Okwonga and the other boda-boda person to the Sembabule Health Centre IV.
Johnson Were the UMOSPOC president lauded the members for being human and supporting victims in such a trying moment
“As club we thank Mr. Semengo and also the club secretary Pamela Nabakoza who also played a pivotal role in saving the two victims of the accident that claimed the life of Mark Alvin,” noted the club president who was also the Steward in that rally.
Nabaokooza was among the first team that arrived at the scene and helped to take the late’s two relatives to ahealth centre in Kabulasoke.
He called upon fans to be the ambassadors of safety during and after every rally to save the lives of many for the development of the sport.
