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Driver kills two people while trying to overtake ambulance, flees scene

The driver tried to overtake an ambulance in Makueni. [All pictures by Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

Police in Wote town, the  Makueni County capital, are hunting for a driver said to have been drunk and who was seen driving dangerously in the town before he hit a passer-by near Makueni Referral Hospital road and crashed into a residential building.

A woman in the car died on the spot while a male passenger passed on while receiving treatment at the Makueni Referral Hospital on Monday night.

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