18 injured

At least 18 people were Monday morning seriously injured in two accidents in Kisumu.

The first accident happened in Rabuor when a Nairobi bound bus christened star ways collided head on with an oncoming Nissan Matatu as it joined the main road after fueling in a nearby petrol station.

Kisumu Central Police Deputy OCPD Nicholus musilu said at least ten people suffered serious injuries.

In the second accident, eight passengers sustained serious injuries after a Nissan Matatu they were traveling in collided with a lorry at Holo center along the Kisumu-Bondo road.

The injured were taken to Kombewa district hospital.

The two accidents come barely a day after 14 people lost their lives in a grisly road accident at Kaitui along Kisumu-Kericho road.

Hola

Elsewhere, twelve people were injured when a bus traveling from Hola in Tana River district to Nairobi lost control and overturned at Bura trading centre.

Seven of the injured have been treated and discharged at the Bura district hospital, five are still undergoing treatment at the hospital and three have been transferred to the Garissa provincial general hospital for further treatment.


Passengers aboard the ill fated bus claimed that the driver who escaped after the accident was over speeding when he lost control.

The accidents also come in the wake of renewed efforts by traffic police to enforce the famous "Michuki rules'.