Four students die after school bus rolls in Kisii
St Mary's Nyamagwa Girls Secondary School students being treated at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital after their bus crashed at Nyambunde, on the Igare-Itumbe road, on August 12, 2016. PHOTO | BENSON MOMANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The students were rushed to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.
- The students were said to be enjoying a maiden ride in the bus that was delivered to the school on Thursday evening.
Four students from St Mary's Nyamagwa Girls Secondary School died and 68 others were injured Friday after their school bus rolled in Nyambunde, a short distance from the school, in Kisii County.
Dr Geoffrey Otomu, the Kisii County Director of Medical Services, said five students are in a serious condition.
Form Three students were said to be taking a ride in the new school bus when it was involved in the accident.
Witnesses told the Nation that the bus overturned after the driver lost control of it.
The injured students were rushed to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The accident occurred about three kilometres from the school on the Igare-Itumbe road.
The St Mary's Nyamagwa Girls Secondary School bus that was involved in an accident at Nyambunde, on the Igare-Itumbe road, on August 12, 2016. PHOTO | BENSON MOMANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The students were said to be enjoying a maiden ride in the bus that was delivered to the school on Thursday evening.
The accident occurred at the same spot where a bus overturned and killed 15 passengers, including 11 students from Rioma Secondary School, in July 2013.
In another incident, several passengers were injured after the bus they were travelling in was involved in a crash in Migaa, near Salgaa, on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway Thursday night.
The Nya Ugenya bus was heading to Nairobi from Bondo when the driver lost control of it before and it rolled.
The injured were taken to Nakuru Level 5 Hospital.
Additional Reporting by Benson Momanyi and Suleiman Mbatiah.
