Two killed, 3 injured after fuel truck collides with probox in Kirinyaga

Two people died and three others were injured on Sunday morning following a head-on collision between a Probox vehicle and a fuel truck at Gwa Kariba area on the Mwea — Embu highway, Kirinyaga County.

According to traffic police officers, the Probox was transporting miraa from Nairobi to Embu while the truck was headed to Nairobi.

Area residents who spoke to Citizen Digital attributed the crash to the sharp bend at the busy Mwea highway.

The injured were rushed to the Embu Level Five Hospital while bodies of the deceased were moved to the same facility’s mortuary.