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The accident involved a Tahmeed bus and a trailer at Kapiti, Konza, along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway. [Daniel Mwongela, Standard]
Six people were killed and 41 others sustained injuries following a tragic accident that involved a Mombasa bound passenger bus and two trucks at Kapiti plains along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
According to Kalama Sub-County Police Commander, Patrick Gaitirira, the accident occurred around 1 am Tuesday when a truck heading from Mombasa direction towards Nairobi tried to overtake and collided head-on with a bus operating under Tahmeed Company which was heading towards Mombasa.
“There was overtaking by one of the trucks and as a result there was a head-on collision between the trailer and the bus. It was so serious that on the spot, we had six people who died and a number of them sustained serious and minor injuries and were rushed to Machakos level 5 hospital.”
