Two people die as sugarcane laden lorry plunges down from a flyover in Kisumu

Residents of Nyamasaria in Kisumu at the scene where a sugarcane truck fell off from the bypass along Kisumu- Nairobi road leading to Kondele after it lost control on May 26 2016 morning. The driver and the turn boy of the truck died upon reaching Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral hospital while one form four student of Oasis of Hope Secondary school was seriously injured. [Photo:COLLINS ODUOR/Standard]

Two people died while more than 20 students escaped narrowly after a 12 tonne lorry laden with sugarcane plunged down from a 15 foot fly-over in Kisumu.

A form four  student , hit  by flying debris  as  the lorry tumbled down the fly-over along the Kisumu -Nairobi road is  being treated  at the  Kisumu County  Hospital following the 6.30 am accident.