Eight people killed in multiple car crash at Ngata, Nakuru

At least eight people were Tuesday morning killed in a grisly road accident in the Ngata area, Nakuru on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.

This was after three vehicles were involved in the accident, police said

The vehicles were a Toyota van and two lorries, Rift Valley police boss Tom Odera said.

The accident increased to at least 14, the number of those killed in two separate accidents within a few hours.

Police said seven others are nursing wounds in hospitals following the two accidents.

Another accident had earlier on Monday evening claimed six lives in the Duka Moja area on the Kericho - Nakuru highway.

On Tuesday morning, police said the Nakuru accident happened at the Ngata blackspot at about 5.40 am after one of the lorries from Eldoret to Nakuru lost its brakes.

The driver escaped the scene and efforts are being made to trace him.

Police said the lorry hit head-on a Toyota van. The lorry rested on its side and as a result of the impact eight people including six adults and two children died on the spot.

The van was carrying people to Kisii and after it was hit by the lorry it landed on a stalled trailer.

One female sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital, police said. Police visited the scene and helped to clear it.

Earlier on Monday, at least six people died after a lorry and a private car collided in the Duka Moja area on the Kericho - Nakuru highway.

Police said the accident happened after a Probox vehicle, which was ferrying an unknown number of passengers collided head-on with a lorry.

The Probox was heading towards Kericho town while the lorry was heading in the opposite direction. An unknown number of passengers sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to various hospitals in Kericho Town.

Area traffic commandant, Dorothy Muleke said the driver of the private vehicle was overtaking a fleet of vehicles when it got into a head-on collision with the lorry.

“We urge drivers to be careful on the roads especially now it’s raining,” she said.

Six passengers in the private vehicle died on the spot while one was rushed to hospital in critical condition.

This is the latest such accident to happen in a series that has been reported in the recent past.

The accidents have been blamed on among others speeding and reckless driving.