Two dead as matatu, ambulance collide in Machakos
The ambulance that collided with a matatu in Kathome, Machakos County, killing two people. PHOTO | STEPHEN MUTHINI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Two people died Monday night when a Machakos County ambulance collided with a matatu in Kathome on the Machakos-Nairobi road.
Five others were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The ambulance was rushing a sick child from Machakos to Kenyatta National Hospital when the crash occurred at around 11pm.
The driver of the ambulance and a six-month-old baby died on the spot while the mother and a paramedic were taken to Machakos Level 5 Hospital.
Two other people who were in the ambulance and the driver of the matatu were also taken to the hospital.
This is the second crash involving a Machakos County ambulance in recent months.
On December 2 last year, two people died in a crash involving the county’s ambulance on the Mwala-Machakos road.
