Eleven people have been confirmed dead following an accident involving a bus and a lorry at Othoo area in Nyando sub-county along the Kisumu-Nairobi Highway.
While confirming the accident, Nyanza Regional Traffic Enforcement Officer Allan Mwangi added that dozens of other passengers had been injured with various degrees of injuries following the 2:30am accident.
The dead include two women, 8 men, and a teenage boy.
A total of 53 passengers have suffered injuries as a result of the accident.
Some of the injured were transported to Ahero Sub-county Hospital while others were taken to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH)
Mwangi says the bus, which was heading towards Nairobi, was trying to overtake when it collided head-on with an oncoming lorry killing the 11 instantly.
Both vehicles have been towed to Ahero police station as investigations as to the cause of the accident continue.
