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Flyover accident leaves six dead, scores injured

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Members of public mill around an accident scene at Kamandura area along Nakuru Nairobi highway where a truck ferrying saw dust to Nairobi lost brakes and rammed into two Nissan matatus injuring scores. [George Njunge, Standard]

Six people died while scores sustained serious injuries after a matatu was involved in an accident with a lorry along the along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

The matatu belonging to SWAT Team Shuttles Sacco was headed to Nairobi from western Kenya when it rammed the rear of a lorry near Flyover Trading Center killing five passengers on the spot.

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