Accident Alert: Kiminini

Meria

Elder Lister
Staff member
There is a fatal road crash at Kiminini on Kitale Webuye highway involving three vehicles,a tractor 🚜 carrying maize 🌽,a lorry 🚛 and Eldoret Express bus........ The tractor and the lorry were both heading to Kitale while the bus was heading to Webuye. The lorry was overtaking the tractor on the bridge on continuous yellow line before colliding head-on with the bus...... rescue ongoing......more updates coming up.....
 

Meria

Elder Lister
Staff member
3 killed in accident along Kitale-Webuye highway


Three people lost their lives on the night of Wednesday, November 2, 2022, after a grisly road accident at Kiminini bridge along the Kitale-Webuye highway.

Confirming the fatal accident, Kiminini Sub-County Police Commander John Onditi said the accident which involved a lorry and a tractor was caused by careless driving.

"The driver of the lorry was on the wrong. He was overtaking a bus in a continuous yellow line, and that was when the lorry collided with the tractor" Onditi said.

Onditi added that the lorry overtaking the bus was ferrying livestock while the tractor was carrying maize harvest.

Kiminini location Chief, Samson Webi noted that five people who sustained injuries were rushed to Kiminini Cottage hospital where they are currently recuperating.
 
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