NAKURU, Kenya, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — At least 13 people were killed and 36 others injured on Tuesday morning in a road accident involving a commuter bus and multiple vehicles along a busy highway in northwest Kenya, according to the police and survivors.
The accident occurred at around 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway, when a Coast Bus, heading to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa from Kisumu in the western part of the country, reportedly lost its brakes as it negotiated the steep stretch and rammed into the barriers on the stretch and other vehicles ahead of it before landing in a ditch.
The commuter bus was carrying about 51 passengers, according to the survivors.
“Thirty-six injured individuals have been taken to Molo and Coptic Hospitals following a road traffic incident involving a PSV bus and multiple vehicles at Migaa in Molo, Nakuru County,” Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said on X, formerly Twitter.
According to the police, fatal accidents are common in Kenya due to reckless driving, dangerous overtaking, drunk driving and other causes.
