Ten people perished on the spot and three others while on their way to hospital on Sunday morning when the bus they were travelling in collided head on with a lorry on Mombasa Road. 21 passengers were rushed to Makindu Level 4 Hospital, nine of them in critical condition and the others with serious head injuries, fractured limbs and broken ribs. Confirming the 12:30 am incident, Mukaa district police commander Ferdinand Nyongesa said the accident occurred at Ngokomi area between Kiongwani and Sultan Hamud shopping centre. Mr Nyongesa said that the dead included drivers of both vehicles, the loader of the lorry and three children. The police boss said that other bodies could not be identified due to the severity of the injuries. The bus was on its way to Mombasa from Kirui while the lorry ferrying ballast was heading to Nairobi from Mombasa at the time of the accident.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:50:25 +0000
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