At least 45 people died A truck carrying a trailer hit multiple vehicles and pedestrians on a road in Western Kenya this Friday, according to police.
The accident occurred at the intersection around 18:30 (15:30 GMT) local time. Londonerin the district Keriço.
“We have about 45 bodies and the number of victims may increase,” the district police chief said. Rift Valley (where Kericho is), Tom Odera In statements collected by The Star newspaper.
Odera added it there are trapped corpses It was stuck under the trailer while the rescue work was going on.
A doctor at Kericho County Hospital, collins kipkoechHe told reporters that 45 bodies had been delivered to the medical center’s morgue.
more than sixty people They were taken to different hospitals in Kericho and neighboring Nakuru County for treatment.
The truck driver apparently lost control and passed over pedestrians, traders and matatus (public transport vans) parked by the roadside, according to eyewitnesses.
Keriço deputy in the National Assembly (Lower House of the Parliament), Beatrice Kemei Expressing his “sadness” for the “horrible traffic accident”, he “condoleds to the families who lost their loved ones, and wished the injured a speedy recovery.”