Eight people killed, six injured in Webuye road accident

The bus involved in a road accident along Webuye-Bungoma road.

Eight people died on Saturday morning after a matatu they were travelling in collided with a lorry at Matulo along the Webuye-Bungoma highway.

The morning crash left six people among them university students with serious injuries.

Wreckage of the Nissan matatu involved in the Webuye road accident.

Police say the accident occurred after a Nissan matatu headed to Webuye town rammed onto a stationary lorry as the driver tried to overtake a speeding Modern Coast bus.

"The lorry had developed a mechanical problem and had stalled on the road," police said.

The driver of the Nissan matatu fled the scene after escaping unhurt.

The injured were taken to Webuye Sub-county hospital as police launched investigations.

Reports indicate that among dead is an unidentified Kibabi university student who was in the ill-fated matatu.