Kenya crash kills 24, including four members of a Kilifi family
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
A crash on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway in the Kanga area near Mtito Andei killed 24 people, including four members of the Mutsunga family from Kilifi. They included former local administrator Younitta Mutsunga and doctor Patrick Mutsunga; Kenya’s road safety authority confirmed the toll, Tuko reports.
The Kenya National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) confirmed that 24 people were killed in the collision on 25 October in the Kanga area, near Mtito Andei, on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. The death toll and preliminary circumstances were reported by Tuko.
Four victims belonged to the Mutsunga family, from Mwamumba village in Kilifi County: doctor Patrick Mutsunga, Younitta Mutsunga, former Ruruma ward administrator, Ndune Mutsunga and Moses Mwadzuya. The collision involved a public service vehicle and a commercial vehicle; preliminary reports point to an illegal overtaking manoeuvre, according to Tuko.
Kilifi Deputy Governor Flora Mbetsa Chebule offered her condolences on Monday 26 October to the victims’ relatives and residents of Mikomani. She described the tragedy as a loss for the families and the community.
This updated death toll follows the first reports of the collision between a bus and a trailer near Mtito Andei, published on 25 October, which put the number of dead at 22. On 27 October, survivors recounted the bus’s hasty departure before the accident.
