Two people died on the spot while 16 others, including a nephew of Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, sustained serious injuries in two separate accidents that occurred at Shauri Moyo area on Kilifi-Mombasa Highway.
The first accident involved a Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle that collided head-on with a truck while the second one involved another personal car and a matatu.
Witnesses said that the car in which Joho's nephew was travelling in collided head-on with a matatu not far from the scene of the first accident where he was headed to after he learnt that his sister had been involved in a road crash with her husband.
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Ambulances from the Kilifi County government and Mombasa Cement company responded quickly and took the injured to Kilifi hospital.
Joho's relative, who was in critical condition, was airlifted by a helicopter from the hospital for specialized treatment in Mombasa County.
Kilifi Health minister Charles Dadu confirmed that two of the victims had died, including a mother who was traveling in the matatu to Mtwapa with her child.
He said that the child is in a stable condition.
Dadu said three people are still in critical condition but under the close watch of the medical personnel while the other 13 are responding well to treatment.
