Kericho bus crash: Death toll reaches 55 as hospital appeals for blood

Residents gather at the scene of the accident. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The Kericho County referral hospital is appealing for blood to support the treatment of Kericho bus crash survivors as the death toll rises to 55. 

The 55 confirmed dead are 9 children, 15 women, 31 men. 16 people survived include one child, six women and nine men.