According to preliminary reports, the students were heading to Eldoret for a sports event, when the bus carrying over 30 of them collided with a matatu along Kayole area in Naivasha.
At least 14 have been confirmed dead while several injured persons have been taken to nearby hospitals for immediate medical attention.According to Odera, the driver lost control and hit at least five vehicles before rolling into a ditch.A number of injured persons have been taken to nearby hospitals for immediate medical attention.
Several people are feared dead after a Pwani University bus collided head-on with a 14-seater matatu at Naivasha, Nakuru County on Thursday, March 30.
The university bus was heading to Nakuru from Nairobi, when the driver of the vehicle lost control and hurtled onto oncoming traffic at 1pm.The bus collided head-on with a matatu that was heading to Nairobi from Nakuru. The two vehicles, thereafter, landed in ditches in opposite sides of the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.A sombre mood engulfed Pwani University in Mombasa on Thursday, March 30, when news of the accident reached the college.
Police said over 50 passengers were injured, 30 of them seriously.
Pwani University Vice Chancellor James Kahindi said the students were heading to the University of Eldoret’s Chepkoilel campus for a national sports event.The injured victims, who were rescued, were taken to Naivasha Sub-County Hospital.