Three killed as bus rams into car in Makueni

A map of Makueni County. Three people died and several were injured after a bus rammed into a car on January 13, 2018. GRAPHIC | GOOGLE MAP

What you need to know:

  • The bus overtook another vehicle and rammed into a car at a junction. The car driver was waiting for the road to clear before joining it.

Three people died on Saturday and several others were injured when a Mombasa-bound bus rammed into the car they were travelling in.

The accident happened at the junction of the Emali-Loitoktok Road and the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.

The car was coming from the direction of Loitoktok Town in Kajiado County, according to Makueni County Police Commander Joseph Napeiyan.

"The bus made a mistake. It overtook another vehicle and rammed into the car that was waiting at the junction for the Nairobi-Mombasa highway to clear," said Mr Napeiyan.

The injured were rushed to Kilome Nursing Home in Emali Town.