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The Nakuru-Eldoret highway has been called “the highway to hell” due to the number of lives it has claimed

A wreckage of a trailer involved in another accident that left three dead, recently. [[PHOTOS: KIPSANG JOSEPH / STANDARD]

By Steve Mkawale

Nakuru, Kenya: It is only 11km long, but the steep-stretch between Salgaa and Kibunja on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway has been referred to as “the highway to hell” because of the number of lives it has claimed.

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