10 people have been confirmed dead following a tragic accident along the Mombasa- Nairobi Highway.
The accident involved five vehicles at Salama along that busy highway on Monday night April 1.
The cars which were involved in the tragic accident included an 18-seater matatu, a 14-seater matatu, two trucks, and a saloon car.
According to Mukaa Sub-county Police Commander Barnabas Ng'eno, the vehicles were travelling through the Mlima Kiu area before the accident occurred.
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The impact of the collision resulted in multiple crashes. The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals.
Elsewhere, one student from Chavakali Boys High School was reported dead and several others were injured after a bus accident at Maboleo, Kisumu County.
The students were heading home aboard an Easy Coach bus when it overturned at the Mamboleo junction on Monday, 9.00 pm.
Other students sustained severe injuries and are currently admitted at Avenue Hospital, Kisumu while 30 others are undergoing treatment at the Jaramogi Oginga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu.
"A bus with students from Chavakali Boys High School heading to Nairobi has been involved in an accident at Coptic Round About, Kisumu. Our Paramedics have so far rescued 10 who are seriously injured and rushed them to JOOTRH Kisumu," St Johns Ambulance stated.
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen are yet to respond following the two accidents.
