18 injured in road accident near Delamere Farm, Naivasha

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More than 70 passengers escaped death narrowly when a bus they were travelling in was involved in a road accident that left 18 people injured.

The early morning accident near Delamere Farm in Naivasha involved three vehicles and blocked part of the road before police moved in to tow them away.

The accident occurred when a lorry heading to Nakuru from Nairobi veered off its lane and rammed the side of the Climax Coaches bus that was heading in the opposite direction.

The bus driver lost control and the vehicle landed on the side of the road while a truck that was also heading towards Nairobi hit the lorry that had stalled in the middle of the road.

Joel Kariuki, a witness, said the lorry driver could have fallen asleep at the wheel before veering off his lane.