Scores of people are feared dead and others injured in an accident on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway Sunday morning, December 7.
Sources indicate that a passenger vehicle belonging to the Kinatwa Sacco crashed into a heavy commercial truck.
The PSV was en route to Mombasa
According to witnesses at the scene, the passenger vehicle was overtaking when it collided with the truck at the Miasenyi area in Voi, Taita Taveta County.
Reports indicated that at least seven people died on the spot, with three surviving with severe injuries.
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Due to the accident impact, the PSV was wrecked, with the truck's head getting damaged.
The injured were rushed to the Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi. The bodies were booked at the facility's morgue.
Eyewitness accidents have been rampant on the route due to the road being narrow. They called on the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) to dual the road in the black spot.
Police showed up at the scene and documented it before calling for breakdown services to tow the wrecked PVS and truck out of the scene to their station.
The accident occurred weeks after another one on the same route but different spot.
A fatality was reported following a Tahmeed bus crash at McKinnon, along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway.
The incident happened on the morning of Thursday, November 13. Several passengers sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The bus, which was travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa, overturned during the accident, leaving its windows shattered as seen in videos shared online.
According to the Long Distance Drivers and Conductors Association (LoDDCA), this marks the second Tahmeed bus accident within a week.
“Tahmeed Bus was involved in a road accident at Mackinon area in Kwale county, with several people injured and one feared dead. This marks the second fatal accident involving Tahmeed buses within a week,” LoDDCA stated.
