Tragedy: Two die, 16 injured in road accident

Two people died after a bus hit a motorcycle at Mnagoni along the Mombasa-Voi highway.

The victims, a boda boda rider and his pillion passenger, died on the spot.

Sixteen passengers in the bus, among them eight students, sustained injuries. They are being treated at the Mariakani Sub-county Hospital, police said.

Three of the students are from Kenyatta Secondary School, two from Mwakitau Girls, one from Mwangeka Girls and another two from Kasigau Girls. Kwale County Police Commander Joseph Nthumbi said the injured were responding well to treatment. The bus and motorcycle wreckages were towed to Taru Police Station.

Ntumbi asked drivers to observe traffic rules.