Editor's Review

Witnesses indicated that the truck had been stalled at the spot for the last three days.

Eight people have been confirmed dead following a tragic accident involving a van and a truck trailer.

The accident occurred on Tuesday, April 9 when a van rammed into a stalled truck along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway at around 5:30 a.m.

First responders and residents who arrived at the scene of the accident said they retrieved the bodies of six adults and two children from the wreckage.

The survivors were rushed to the nearby hospital for emergency services.

Wreckage of the van following the accident in Nakuru on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. PHOTO | COURTESY

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Preliminary reports indicate that the van for ferrying the people to an event in Kisii before the tragic accident.

Witnesses indicated that the truck had been stalled at the spot for the last three days.

By the time of this publication, police had not issued a comprehensive statement regarding the early morning crash.

The accident comes just hours after six people died after a grisly road accident at Duka Moja along the Kericho-Nakuru highway.

According to junior police officers who participated in the rescue operations, the accident happened after a Probox vehicle, which was ferrying an unknown number of passengers collided head-on with a lorry.

The Probox was heading towards Kericho town while the lorry was heading in the opposite direction.

An unknown number of passengers sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to various hospitals in Kericho town.