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A Wednesday morning accident in South Kinangop, Nyandarua County left 13 people injured, including a traffic police officer.
The 8:30am accident occurred when a lorry, which was headed towards Naivasha from Nairobi, lost control and hit Police Constable Raymond Kiiru before ramming an oncoming matatu belonging to Mololine Sacco.
Twelve passengers in the matatu, aged between 30 and 75 years, sustained injuries of varying degree.
The victims, who were injured in the head, chest and limbs, were taken to Kijabe Mission Hospital for emergency treatment.