One dead, several injured after Booker Academy school bus rolled in Nandi Hills

Friday, August 8, 2014 - 00:00 -- BY STAR REPORTER

Booker Academy bus carrying students has rolled into an escarpment in Nandi Hills.Photo/Courtesy

One person has died while several others have been injured after a bus belonging to Booker Academy rolled into an escarpment in Nandi Hills on Thursday.

St Johns Ambulance spokesperson Fred Majiwa confirmed that the driver of the bus died while being evacuated to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in  Eldoret for treatment.

Another 19 people, 16 of them students were injured in the accident and have since been admitted to Nandi Hills Hospital.

The Kenya Red Cross has also said that four critically injured students have been transferred to Moi Teaching and Referral hospital in Eldoret.

The bus was travelling to the on-going annual national music festival in Mombasa. It was carrying students and four teachers. They had decided to take a shortcut via the Nandi Hills - Kericho Road.

According
to the Nandi East OCPD Patrick Macharia, the driver of the bus lost
control as the bus brakes failed rolling down for about 400 metres  into the
valley.

Macharia said members of the public  moved in quickly and pulled out the trapped passengers to safety.

“Most of the passengers suffered fractures due to the impact of being forced out of their bus,” Macharia said.

Kevin
Mukhanu , a form 4 student who suffered a cut on his face said they
were relaxed when suddenly they saw the driver struggling  to  control
the bus but  in vain.

Another form 3  student Zeenat Wangara  said she was having a nap and does not remember what happened.
“I
only saw people getting hold of me from the wreckage …I have suffered
only a few fractures, “ she said at  Nandi-Hills hospital where she was receiving treatment.

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