The driving force misplaced management of the bus in Kisumu, on a infamous part of highway the place accidents are frequent.
A bus carrying mourners again house from a funeral in southwestern Kenya has overturned and plunged right into a ditch, killing no less than 21 individuals, police mentioned.
The bus was travelling from the western city of Kakamega to town of Kisumu, the place the accident occurred.
The driving force misplaced management of the bus because it approached a roundabout at excessive pace and plunged right into a ditch, in line with Peter Maina, a regional visitors enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, the place Kisumu is situated.
“The car misplaced management, veered, rolled onto the opposite facet of the highway,” he informed reporters on the scene.
“Amongst the 21 who misplaced their lives had been 10 ladies, and a lady aged 10, and 10 males,” he mentioned.
5 individuals had been severely harm within the incident, Maina mentioned, amongst them an eight-month-old child who was at the moment receiving care at a close-by hospital.
The reason for the crash was not clear and investigations had been ongoing. Native media reported the incident befell on a infamous part of highway the place collisions are frequent.
The lethal accident follows an plane crash close to the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday, when an air ambulance got here down in a residential space, killing six individuals.
The identical day, native media reported {that a} collision between a prepare and bus killed eight.
Highway accidents are frequent in Kenya and the broader East African area, the place roads are sometimes slender and in poor situation with many potholes.
Police usually blame highway accidents on rushing drivers.
In one other accident on Thursday, 9 individuals had been killed in a bus crash within the city of Naivasha within the county of Nakuru. The victims had been amongst 32 staff going to work when the bus crashed at a railway crossing, police mentioned.
