Two killed, scores injured after matatu ferrying foreigners rams into truck in Nakuru

Two killed, scores injured after matatu ferrying foreigners rams into truck in Nakuru

A wreckage of Matatu involved in Salgaa accident. Photo/Citizen Digital.

Two people have been killed and several others are nursing serious injuries at Nakuru Level Five Hospital after they were involved in a grisly road accident around Sayatu area on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.

The 11-seater matatu belonging to Eldoret Shuttles was ferrying passengers of Eritrean nationality and was headed to Eldoret when it rammed into a stationary truck that had been packed beside the road.

According to a report filed at Salgaa police station, the truck had developed mechanical problems and was left unattended on the road without any warning signs.

"The survivors were all rushed to Nakuru County Hospital and their names could not be established immediately due to language barrier. Two unknown died while undergoing treatment while twelve others who sustained both serious and slight injuries have been admitted at the said facility," police report.

The bodies of persons who died from the 9.40 pm incident on Saturday were taken to the Nakuru County morgue awaiting identification and postmortem.

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