A Form three student at Chavakali High School was among the five people that died in a grisly accident at Lunyerere Bridge in Sabatia constituency, Vihiga County on Friday evening.
The accident left 22 other passengers hospitalised after a matatu they were travelling in from Mbale town veered off road hitting a guard rail and plunging into river Edzava, between Mbale and Chavakali towns.