Three die while siphoning fuel along Eldoret-Webuye highway

The petrol tanker that overturned at Kipkaren, three of the area residents who rushed to the scene to siphon fuel suffocated to death. (Photo: Ian Omondi/Standard)

Eldoret: Three people perished and two others were rushed to hospital in critical condition after an attempt to siphon fuel from an overturned tanker turned tragic.

According to an eye witnesses, the incident occurred at around 7am when a lorry that was transporting fuel to Uganda lost control and plunged into a ditch at Ngenyilel junction, along the busy Eldoret-Webuye Highway.