NAIROBI, Mar 19 (AFP): A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan university collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and injuring 42 seriously, police said.
The accident occurred at 5:50 pm (2:50 GMT) Monday at Maungu, 360 kilometres (220 miles) from the capital Nairobi, when the students from Kenyatta University where travelling to the coastal town of Mom-basa.
Ten people died on impact and another died later in hospital, police said, adding that 42 people were seriously injured.
"The driver of (the) university bus was overtaking a fleet of motor vehicles and as it was raining heavily, the bus skidded to the right side of the road," the report said.
This "prompted the driver of the truck to avoid head on collision, hence hitting the left side of the university bus," it added.
The bus was carrying 58 people. The injured were taken to a hospital in the nearby town of Voi, the Kenyan Red Cross said on X, formerly Twitter.
Road accidents are common in the east African nation, where road conditions are often poor and traffic regulations violated or ignored.
11 students killed, 42 hurt in Kenya bus crash
FE Team | Published: March 19, 2024 21:48:36
11 students killed, 42 hurt in Kenya bus crash
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