Two dead, scores injured in Bungoma matatu, boda boda crash
At least two people have been killed and scores badly injured following a crash between a public service vehicle and a boda boda in Sirisia, Bungoma County.
33 others have been hospitalised.
The accident occurred after a Nairobi Bus travelling from Lwakhakha to Nairobi veered off the road and hit a boda boda rider in Namundi village in Lwandanyi ward, Sirisia constituency, Bungoma West Subcounty.
The deceased, a woman and a child are said to have died on the spot and bodies taken to the mortuary.
While confirming the incident area OCPD David Kandie noted that 8 people were admitted at the Bungoma County Referral hospital, 16 at Korosiondet health facility, 2 at the Cheptais Subcounty hospital and 7 at Sirisia Subcounty hospital.
Kandie called on passengers to avoid boarding vehicles that carry excess passengers.
“Let us be vigilant and double-check our vehicles before bordering them, safety begins with you, don’t accept to board an overloaded vehicle while travelling,” Kandie insisted.
Member of Parliament John Waluke called on the relevant authorities to find ways of reducing accidents on Lwakhakha- Chwele road.
“The relevant authorities should move with speed and find a way of mitigating accidents on this busy road. We can’t sit back and watch as people die,” Waluke said.
