Four KDF officers killed in road accident

Four Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers died on Sunday night after a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a road accident on the Meru–Isiolo Highway.

Buuri OCPD Joseph Asugo said the driver of the vehicle carrying the KDF officers lost control before colliding head on with an oncoming private car at Matunda area.

The officers died on the spot while four other people — a man his wife and two children — who were in the private car sustained injuries and were admitted at Kiirua Mission Hospital.

Bodies of deceased officers were moved to Kiirua Mission Hospital mortuary.