55 people dead in bus crash in western Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Fifty-five people were killed when their bus left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in western Kenya, an official said Wednesday, with the roof of the bus ripped off.
“The information we have is that the driver lost control,” said Kericho County police commander James Mugera .
Around 15 survivors from the bus that had been headed from the capital, Nairobi, to the western town of Kakamega were receiving treatment at a hospital in Kericho, Rift Valley regional police boss Francis Munyambu said. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. and nine children were among the dead, he added.
Kericho Governor Paul Kiprono Chepkwony said the hospital was in dire need of blood for transfusions as most survivors needed surgery.