Two killed, 10 injured after matatu collides with lorry on Nairobi- Mombasa Highway

Two people died and ten others were injured on Sunday after a 14-seater matatu collided with a lorry at Kapiti area on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.

The matatu driver was trying to overtake another vehicle when he collided head-on with the oncoming lorry at Kapiti downhill a few kilometres from Makutano.

Confirming the incident Machakos County Emergency Services Director David Mwongela said the injured were taken to Machakos Level Five Hospital.

Still on Sunday, one person died and 32 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident at Salama town on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.

Confirming the incident, Makueni County Police Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan said the bus – which was heading to Nairobi from Mombasa – attempted to overtake other vehicles when it rammed into the oncoming trailer.