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The wreckage of the Simba Bus involved in a tragic accident at Twin Bridge along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway on August 24, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Thirteen people perished while 11 others are nursing serious injuries following a grisly road accident involving three vehicles at Cheptangulkei area on the Kaplong-Kericho Highway in Sotik sub-County, Bomet County, on Saturday afternoon.
Bomet County traffic commander, Amos Namasaka, said the accident occurred after the vehicles - a lorry, a 14-seater matatu, and a personal car - collided.
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