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Eight killed in Nakuru dawn road accident

At least eight people died on Tuesday morning in a road accident at the Ngata area in Nakuru on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. (Photo: Handout)

By Barack Oduor | Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The six adults and two children died on the spot.

At least eight people died on Tuesday morning in a road accident at the Ngata area in Nakuru on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.

The grisly road accident involved a Toyota van and two lorries.

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The six adults and two children died on the spot.

According to Rift Valley police boss Tom Odera, the accident occurred at the Ngata blackspot at about 5.40 am after one of the lorries from Eldoret heading to Nakuru lost its brakes.

"The driver of the lorry escaped the scene and a manhunt has been launched to apprehend him," Odera said.

Police revealed that the lorry hit the van head-on which in turn hit an Isuzu FRR which was on the climbing lane.

One female passenger from the van sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Nakuru Teaching and Referral Hospital.

The Ngata road accident occurred barely hours after a similar crash on Monday evening which claimed six lives in the Duka Moja area on the Kericho - Nakuru highway.

The accident happened after a Probox vehicle, which was ferrying an unknown number of passengers collided head-on with a lorry.

The Probox was heading towards Kericho town while the lorry was heading in the opposite direction.

Area traffic commandant, Dorothy Muleke said the driver of the private vehicle was overtaking a fleet of vehicles when it got into a head-on collision with the lorry.

"We urge drivers to be careful on the roads especially now it's raining," she said.