10 People Perish in Saturday Night Road Crash along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway

Ten people lost their lives while few others sustained injuries after a 14-seater Nissan-Matatu they were travelking in collided with a lorry at Makutano area along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway on Saturday night.

The public service vehicle was reportedly attempting to overtake another car when it rammed into an on-coming truck at around 9.30pm.Those injured were rushed to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.

The Saturday night accident comes barely a week after four other road crashes cumulatively claimed more than 70 people.
On Tuesday, about 20 people died following a multiple car accident at the dreaded Sachangwan area on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.

On Monday night, nineteen people perished in a gruesome road accident the Kamukuywa Bridge black spot on the Webuye-Kitale highway after a matatu rammed into the rear of a tractor ferrying sugarcane.

On Saturday , seven musicians from the popular Kenene international band, a renowned Kalenjin music group, died in a grisly road crash at Maraba near Total along Nakuru-Eldoret highway. On the same day, 23 people lost their lives, while scores others were injured after an Administration Police lorry they were travelling in rolled several times at Moinonin on the Marigat-Loruk road in Tiaty, Baringo County.