KDF soldiers injured as truck rolls in Kilifi

KILIFI: Seven Kenya Defence Forces soldiers sustained injuries after a military truck they were travelling in was involved in an accident on Tuesday.

The accident happened after the truck overturned near Kijipwa Police Station along the Kilifi-Mombasa highway.

Local residents were, however, barred from helping the injured soldiers and journalists were kept at bay by uninjured soldiers who immediately disembarked from the vehicle and secured the site.

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Speaking to The Standard, OCPD Justin Nyaga said the soldiers were travelling from Malindi to Nyali barracks in Mombasa, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it landed in a ditch.

The OCPD said the truck had 14 passengers and that the injured were rushed by ambulance to the barracks for treatment.

An eyewitness said soon after the accident, a county government ambulance arrived at the scene to transport the injured to Mombasa.