Bus collides with trailer truck near Mtito Andei, Kenya
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kenyans
A collision between a passenger bus and a trailer truck has left several people feared dead on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, near Mtito Andei, Kenya. Rescue workers were taking injured people to nearby hospitals, while the exact death toll remained to be confirmed, Kenyans.co.ke reports.
A passenger bus and a trailer truck collided on Sunday morning on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, near Mtito Andei in south-eastern Kenya. Several passengers may have been killed, according to Kenyan media outlet Kenyans.co.ke, which published images showing people lying motionless on the road.
Rescue operations were under way to take the injured to nearby hospitals, while the accident caused a major traffic jam. The exact number of casualties and the circumstances of the collision, which happened as the vehicles were travelling in opposite directions, had not yet been confirmed by the authorities, Kenyans.co.ke reports.
The accident comes two days after two members of the same family died on the same route, near Mtito Andei, when a Probox car collided with a trailer truck. A third person, who was seriously injured, was in hospital, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
