One dead, one injured in grisly road accident

One person was killed and another critically injured on Tuesday after a lorry rammed into a bodaboda they were travelling on at Kapkwen area along the Kaplong-Bomet road.

The injured man, who was the bodaboda rider, was rushed to Tenwek Mission Hospital where he was admitted in the intensive care unit.

Witnesses said the lorry ws trying to avoid a pothole when the accident took place. No one in the lorry was hurt and police have launched a manhunt for the driver of the lorry who reportedly fled the scene.

The body of the deceased was moved to the Longisa County Hospital mortuary.

By Gathoni Ella Ireri