Two students perish in accident on their way to bury former TUM president

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Former TUMSA president Elvis Otieno. [File]

A double tragedy has hit the family of the late former student leader of Technical University of Mombasa, Elvis Otieno, after a bus ferrying mourners in his funeral procession was involved in an accident, killing two students and injuring scores at Boya area in Kisumu.

The funeral procession had earlier received the body of the late student leader at Kisumu International Airport after it was flown from Mombasa. The body was then taken to Aga Khan Hospital Mortuary before the convoy departed for his rural home in Awasi.

Confirming the incident, Technical University of Mombasa Dean of Students Joel Awino said the students had travelled safely from Mombasa and encountered the tragedy while heading to the burial venue.