Several people have been reportedly confirmed dead and several others injured after multiple vehicles were involved in an accident in Molo, Nakuru County.
According to reports, the accident happened along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway after several vehicles including a bus carrying 60 people was involved in a grisly Tuesday morning accident.
While confirming the accident, the Kenya Red Cross Society said that about 36 people were injured in the early morning accident that occurred near the Salgaa blackspot area.
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“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.”
Following the accident, a multiagency team comprising police officers and a red cross team was dispatched to the scene to help rescue those trapped in the wreckage.
“The Kenya Red Cross, alongside a multi-agency response team and local road users near the accident , is still at the scene assisting in retrieving the injured and the bodies of those who perished.”
Those injured have been rushed to the Coptic and Molo hospitals for treatment with the deceased taken to the same hospitals. Meanwhile, the police have since launched investigations into the root cause of the accident.
The bus wreckage has been captured in an upside-down position with glasses scattered along the highway with fears that more people could still be trapped inside the bus wreckage despite the intense rescue efforts.
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It’s still unclear how the accident happened or what caused the Tuesday morning accident but police have arrived at the scene and will receive statements from the survivors and witnesses in a bid to establish what happened.