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15 folks handed away in the present day morning, Tuesday, January 9, after a bus and a matatu collided alongside the Nakuru-Eldoret freeway.
The Nationwide Police Service (NPS) acknowledged that the accident occurred at round 2:45 am on the Twin Bridge space.
Based on the police, the bus belonged to the Classics Kings of Congo and the matatu is managed by the North Methods Shuttle Sacco.
Instantly after the accident occurred, police from Mau Summit Police Station have been deployed to cordon off the realm and stop different accidents from occurring on the scene.
The Classics Kings of Congo bus collided with a North Methods Shuttle Sacco on the Twin Bridge space alongside the Nakuru-Eldoret freeway
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NPS
Police additionally attended to different victims, however have been but to disclose the overall variety of those that have been injured.
“The injured have been rushed to Molo Sub-County Hospital,” NPS acknowledged in a press release issued in the present day morning.
Nevertheless, it was additionally but to be clear whether or not the demise toll was anticipated to rise. NPS didn’t additionally reveal the reason for the morning accident and didn’t make clear whether or not investigations into the carnage had commenced.
Pictures shared by the police, nonetheless, indicated confirmed the bus severely broken within the entrance, with its windshield and lights shuttered. Its entrance tyres have been additionally lacking indicating that particles was scattered throughout the highway, posing a major hazard to different highway customers.
Conversely, the matatu was deformed, because the impression of the top of the collision compelled the car to buckle.
“The Nationwide Police Service is interesting to all motorists to train excessive warning on our roads to stop highway crashes,” NPS cautioned motorists to watch visitors legal guidelines.
This incident occurred barely 19 hours after three passengers died in a highway accident involving a matatu and a lorry at Kisaju alongside the Isinya/Kitengela highway. Based on the police, the accident occurred at round 6:40 am.
“Preliminary investigations by officers from Isinya Police Station point out that the motive force of the matatu tried to overhaul the stalled lorry however as an alternative misplaced management and hit the mentioned Lorry on the rear proper.
“As a result of impression, two unknown feminine and one male grownup passengers died on the spot whereas others have been rushed by good Samaritans to varied hospitals. Our bodies of the deceased have been moved to Shalom Hospital Mortuary,” NPS acknowledged.
Statistics from the Nationwide Transport and Security Authority (NTSA) point out that 4,139 folks have been killed in highway accidents between January 1 and December 20, 2023, in comparison with 4,517 in the identical interval in 2022.
The North Methods Shuttle Sacco collided with a Classics Kings of Congo bus on the Twin Bridge space alongside the Nakuru-Eldoret freeway
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NPS
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