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An early Monday morning highway highway crash involving a passenger bus and a lorry has claimed the lives of 17 travellers and left greater than 27 others severely injured.
The two:30am incident occurred at Othoo space in Nyando, Kisumu County.
Confirming the incident, Nyando sub-County Police Commander Grace Thuo mentioned the injured passengers had been rushed to Ahero sub-County Hospital and 12 our bodies taken to the identical facility.
She additionally mentioned they had been but to ascertain the full variety of passengers who had been touring within the ill-fated bus on the time of the accident.
Eyewitnesses mentioned the Mombasa-bound bus, belonging to Tremendous Metro, was overtaking a saloon automobile when it rammed into the oncoming lorry.
Each the bus and the lorry driver died on the spot.
“We had been woken up by a loud bang and once we rushed to the scene we discovered our bodies strewn everywhere in the highway in addition to the mangled wreckage of the lorry. Injured passengers had been crying in excruciating ache,” mentioned Mr Jamea Onyango, a resident of the realm.
One other witness by the identify Peter Otieno mentioned they counted as much as 11 our bodies together with that of a 5-year-old boy.
“We had a tough time eradicating the physique of the lorry driver from the automobile because the driver’s cabin was badly broken,’ mentioned Mr Otieno.
The residents had been later joined by police from Ahero Police Station within the rescue mission which lasted a number of hours.
“The lorry driver was alone within the automobile that was transporting rice paddy in direction of Ahero township,” mentioned Mr Otieno.
The affect of the accident left the lorry cut up into items. Each the automobile’s engine and its entrance axle had been scattered on the scene of the accident.
In response to Kisumu County well being assistant administrator, Ibrahim Wanyande, 12 passengers sustained minor accidents and had been handled and discharged.
“Fifteen persons are below statement at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Educating and Referral Hospital. Two of them are in vital situation,” he mentioned.
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