At least 48 people were killed in a mass clash in Kenya on Friday, according to rescuers. Local police chief Geoffrey Mayek said 30 others were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a lorry collided with several minibuses and pedestrians.
The cause of the accident in the Kericho district, about 200 kilometers northwest of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, was initially unknown. The accident happened at a very busy intersection in the west of the country. Television footage from the scene of the accident between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru showed the overturned truck and the wreckage of several minibuses.
Rift Valley Police Chief Tom Mboya Odero said the driver of a truck on the way to Kericho lost control of his truck and hit another eight vehicles, several motorcycles and people on the side of the road.
Eyewitness Maureen Jepkoech reported that the truck was traveling at high speed and honking. The driver tried to avoid other vehicles and then drove into the middle of a market. She’s lucky to be alive “because I ran away,” the woman said. According to the Kenyan Red Cross, rescue work was hampered by heavy rainfall.
4700 road deaths in the previous year
Serious road accidents are not uncommon in Africa. A month ago, at least 24 people were killed in Zambia when a bus hit a truck. According to the national transport authority, 4,690 people died in road accidents in the East African country last year.
Source: Krone
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