Parents in grief as village mourns six children killed in accident

Pheney Marine, the only survivor of the accident, with her father Michael Otieno and a nurse at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu yesterday. [PHOTOS: COLLINS ODUOR/STANDARD]

Kisumu, Kenya: Edwina Achieng' is inconsolable. She is trying to come to terms with the death of her two daughters, Esther and Mitchel, after they were knocked by a vehicle on their way home from school. Three other children died during the Tuesday incident at Awasi along the Kisumu-Kericho highway.

Achieng, who is a security guard at Chemelil Sugar company, is among the parents trying to face up to the tragedy that struck Karrangi village.