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02-07-2023, 04:09 PM
UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
NAIROBI – The death toll from a horrific road crash in western Kenya rose to 52 on Saturday, officials said, as rescuers worked to clear the wreckage from one of the deadliest traffic accidents in the country in recent years.
A truck carrying a shipping container veered out of control and ploughed into multiple other vehicles and people thronging a busy roadside junction on Friday evening, plunging the nation into shock and mourning.
Mr Erick Mutai, governor of Kericho county, where the accident occurred, gave an updated death toll of 52 and said it included 31 men, 18 women and two children.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/kenya...ll-hits-52
NAIROBI – The death toll from a horrific road crash in western Kenya rose to 52 on Saturday, officials said, as rescuers worked to clear the wreckage from one of the deadliest traffic accidents in the country in recent years.
A truck carrying a shipping container veered out of control and ploughed into multiple other vehicles and people thronging a busy roadside junction on Friday evening, plunging the nation into shock and mourning.
Mr Erick Mutai, governor of Kericho county, where the accident occurred, gave an updated death toll of 52 and said it included 31 men, 18 women and two children.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/kenya...ll-hits-52
