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Eight perish in grisly accident along Karatina-Nairobi highway

Residents of Ndia in Kirinyaga at the scene of an accident on the Karatina-Sagana road where eight people died on Thursday night when a lorry transporting sheep lost control and overturned. [PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

Eight people died and scores were injured after a tragic accident involving three lorries in Kirinyaga County on Thursday night.

Seven victims died on the spot at the Kangocho drift where a lorry ferrying goats from Wamba in Samburu to Nairobi’s Kiamaiko market experienced brakes failure and rammed an oncoming truck heading to Nanyuki.

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