Fifteen people lost their lives and seven others injured after a bus and a shuttle collided in the small hours of Tuesday at Twin Bridge area of Mau Summit in Nakuru County.
Confirming the crash, Kuresoi North Police sub-County Commander Judah Gathenge on Tuesday said the dead included eight adults and seven children.
Some of the victims, he said, perished on the spot while others succumbed amid efforts to save their lives.
The ill-fated bus, Gathenge said, was heading towards the Nairobi general direction while the shuttle was ferrying passengers in the opposite direction.
The casualties are receiving treatment at the Molo sub-County Hospital while the bodies of the deceased were taken to the facility’s mortuary for preservation.
At least 12 people have lost their lives in accidents along the 15-kilometre Makutano-Timboroa stretch of the Nakuru-Eldoret highway in the past 18 days during the festive season.
Last Thursday, five people, including a police officer, were killed in the Mlango Tatu area along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.
The fatal road accident occurred at 1.40am and involved three public service vehicles – an Easy Coach bus, a Promise bus and a Classic matatu – which were travelling towards Nakuru.
