One passenger died and 12 injured when the matatu they were travelling in hit a pedestrian and rolled several times in Nzokani on the Kitui-Matuu road on Thursday night.
The driver lost control of the vehicle after he hit the 64-year-old man. The injured were taken to Kitui County Referral Hospital.
Kitui West police boss Juma Londo said only one person was hospitalised.
The rest were treated and discharged.
The accident happened just days after the National Transport and Safety Authority suspended the licence of Mwingi Travellers’ Sacco over several accidents.
The licence was withheld following calls by MCAs Angeline Mbula and Titus Kasinga for its suspension until the sacco’s matatu crews obey traffic rules.
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