US EditionA bus carrying mourners from a funeral overturns in Kenya, killing 25 people
KISUMU CITY, KENYA, AUG 8 – The bus driver lost control while approaching a roundabout, causing the vehicle to overturn and kill 21 people, including a 10-year-old girl, police said.
- On Friday night in Kisumu, Kenya, a bus carrying funeral attendees overturned and fell into a ditch, resulting in the deaths of at least 25 individuals.
- As the bus neared a roundabout at a fast pace, the driver was unable to maintain control, causing the vehicle to swerve and overturn onto the opposite side of the road.
- Peter Maina, a regional traffic officer, reported that among the victims were ten females, ten males, and a young girl aged ten, highlighting the frequent occurrence of road accidents in Kenya caused by deteriorating road conditions and excessive speeding.
- Separately, on Thursday, another bus crash in Naivasha, Nakuru County, killed nine workers among 32 passengers at a railway crossing, leaving five seriously injured, including an eight-month-old baby receiving hospital care.
- These incidents highlight the prevalence of road accidents in Kenya and East Africa and the ongoing investigations into causes, often linked by police to speeding on narrow and poorly maintained roads.
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A Bus Carrying Mourners From a Funeral Overturns in Kenya, Killing 21 People
NAIROBI, Kenya—A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday evening, killing at least 21 people, police said. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened. The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcem…
Bus carrying mourners from funeral overturns in Kenya, killing 21 people
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday evening, killing at least 21 people, police said. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened. The driver lost…
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n1info.rsAt least 21 people were killed tonight when a bus overturned in Kenya, police said.
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