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13 killed in Matuu Road crash

The injured have been rushed to Matuu level four Hospital, Machakos County.
Matuu accident
Matuu accident

Thirteen people have been killed following a grisly road accident along Nairobi- Garissa Highway in Matuu area, Machakos County.

Confirming the incident, Yatta police boss Njoroge Karanja said that the accident happened after a Nairobi-bound bus rammed into a stationary Lorry. Those killed in the accident are 10 men, 2 women and 1 child.

Matuu accident

Matuu accident

The injured have been rushed to Matuu lever four hospital.

The police boss said that the incident happened a few minutes after 5am, and that the driver of the lorry that had stalled on the road had not placed warning signs to caution other users.

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The ill-fated bus belongs to Madina Sacco and plies between the capital and the northern Kenya town, near the Somalia border.

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