At least six people perished in a road accident in Mbooni, Makueni County, on Friday, November 21.
According to reports, a lorry rammed into a PSV stage in Nguluni, Mbooni East, along the Tawa-Itangini road.
Five people died on the spot, with one succumbing to the injuries in hospital.
Among the fatalities were reportedly four candidates who had just come from writing the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) on its last day.
Passengers were boarding the PSV belonging to the Wamasaa Classic Sacco ahead of its journey to Machakos town.
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The accident was confirmed by Mbooni East Sub-County Police Commander Ibrahim Karani.
Karani confirmed that the injured were rushed to the Makueni Sub-County Hospital, with the bodies taken to the morgue by the police.
The seriousness of the nasty accident was indicated by the badly destroyed matatu and lorry, whose wreckage was scattered at the scene.
They were towed out of the accident scene by the police, who had shown up to rescue the victims.
Road accidents have been common in the recent past, with concerned Kenyans pleading with motorists and road users to be careful.
The Makueni accident came just three days after another nasty crash on the Kakamega-Mumias Highway, where one person was killed.
The deceased, named Lynda Aseyo, was a politician and social justice crusader.
According to eyewitnesses, Aseyo was riding on a motorcycle when it was crashed by a Climax Coach bus coming from Mumias en route to Kakamega town.
She died on the spot.
Aseyo served in the Kakamega County Assembly between 2017 and 2022 as a nominated member.
Just five days before the Kakamega accident, a Tahmeed bus was involved in an accident along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway on the morning of Thursday, November 13, at McKinnon in Kwale County, leaving one person dead.
Several other passengers sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The bus, which was travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa, was captured in videos lying on its side with shattered windows.
According to the Long Distance Drivers and Conductors Association (LoDDCA), this marks the second Tahmeed bus accident within a week.
