Bus-truck traffic accident in southeastern Kenya… At least 22 people died

At least 22 people were killed and 24 injured when a bus and a truck collided in Makueni County, southeastern Kenya.

According to AP and Xinhua News Agency on the 25th (local time), this casualty occurred at around 7:45 a.m. on this day when a bus traveling from Nairobi toward the coastal city of Mombasa collided with a truck.

It was reported that 45 people were on board the bus at the time of the accident and that they were returning to Mombasa after attending a funeral.

The exact circumstances of the accident have not yet been determined. Xinhua said that the bus reportedly collided with an oncoming truck while trying to overtake, and AP reported that a bus passenger said that the bus rolled when the truck hit the bus from behind.

On the Nairobi-Mombasa main road, 17 people were killed in an accident between a truck and a van on the 3rd of this month.

The Kenya National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) and the Kenya Police Service are strengthening road safety promotion campaigns targeting road users ahead of the year-end and New Year holidays. In Kenya, which has a population of 58 million, about 4,000 people die in traffic accidents every year, Xinhua News Agency reported.