22 injured in Bomet road accident

Twenty-two passengers aboard a Kisii-bound bus were injured in an accident along the Bomet-Kisii highway at the Mumberes area of Sotik, Bomet County.

Bomet County traffic police commandant Amos Namasaka said the bus veered off the road and rolled while avoiding a head-on collision with an oncoming car headed in the opposite direction.

“It is a Nyamira Express bus that was heading to Kisii. The driver lost control of the bus as he tried to overtake another vehicle, and it veered off the road,” Namasaka told Citizen Digital.

The injured were rushed to Kaplong Hospital for medication.

“Some 22 people were injured and have been taken to the hospital. Thankfully, no one was killed,” the police boss added.

Following the incident, a traffic snarl-up on the Kisii-Narok highway lasted an hour before normalcy was restored.