Seven dead, 14 injured as truck rams into roadside traders

By , K24 Digital
On Mon, 24 Aug, 2020 15:56 | < 1 min read
The accident happened on a new interchange on the Eldoret-Busia highway.
The accident happened on a new interchange on the Eldoret-Busia highway.

Seven people died on Monday after a truck veered off the road and rammed into roadside traders at Kaburengu on the Eldoret-Webuye highway.

Images shared online showed the truck lying on its side and a damaged public service vehicle at the scene of the accident.

The initial police report indicated at least seven people died at the scene of the accident and 14 others taken to hospital for treatment.

Many of those killed were women who sell vegetables on the roadside.

The driver of the truck that was ferrying gravel is among those injured and is receiving treatment at the Webuye County Hospital.