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ABC News
08-08-2025
- ABC News
Bus carrying mourners from a funeral overturns in Kenya, killing 25 people
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in south-western Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday evening, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others, authorities have said. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened. The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located. The victims include 10 women, 10 men and a 10-year-old girl, he said. Four of the 29 people injured in the crash later died in the hospital, said Fredrick Ouma Oluga, the principal secretary in charge of medical services in Kenya. The crash shocked many in the region, sparking renewed calls for tougher road safety measures. Road accidents are common in Kenya and the wider East African region, where roads are often narrow and in poor condition with many potholes. Police often blame road accidents on speeding drivers. In another accident on Thursday, nine people were killed in a bus crash in the town of Naivasha in the county of Nakuru. The victims were among 32 workers going to work when the bus crashed at a railway crossing, police said. AP
Daily Mail
08-08-2025
- Daily Mail
Tragedy as bus carrying mourners home from funeral crashes in Kenya, with 10-year-old girl among 21 killed
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 21 people. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened, on Friday evening, police said. The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located. The victims include 10 women, 10 men, and a 10-year-old girl, he said. Road accidents are common in Kenya and the wider East African region, where roads are often narrow and in poor condition with many potholes. Police often blame road accidents on speeding drivers. In another accident on Thursday, nine people were killed in a bus crash in the town of Naivasha in the county of Nakuru. The victims were among 32 workers going to work when the bus crashed at a railway crossing, police said. It comes after a British woman has been killed alongside her friend in a horror head-on crash with a lorry hours after arriving in Kenya for a holiday last year. The woman died on February 8, 2024 in a road accident on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. A male friend who had collected her from the airport also died at the site of the crash, while their driver sustained serious injuries during the incident, which took place at 4am along the busy road, Nairobian newspaper the Star reports. The car was making its way to Nakuru and hit a lorry. The driver was taken to Naivasha subcounty hospital in critical condition, while those inside the lorry were unharmed. Police officer Stephen Kirui said the British woman was collected at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi by the driver and her friend. He said initial investigations showed that the car driver swerved from the lane and made a head-on collision with the lorry that was on its way to Nairobi. Kirui said: 'In the process, the British national who was visiting the country and one male died on the spot while their driver was seriously injured and is admitted to the sub-county hospital.' The two bodies were transported to the Naivasha sub-county hospital mortuary. The damaged car was towed to the police station and an inquiry was launched.
Al Jazeera
08-08-2025
- Al Jazeera
Bus carrying mourners overturns in Kenya, killing 21 people
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya has overturned and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 21 people, police said. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened. The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located. 'The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road,' he told reporters at the scene. 'Amongst the 21 who lost their lives were 10 women, and a girl aged 10, and 10 men,' he said. Five people were seriously hurt in the incident, Maina said, among them an eight-month-old baby who was currently receiving care at a nearby hospital. The cause of the crash was not clear and investigations were ongoing. Local media reported the incident took place on a notorious section of road where collisions are frequent. The deadly accident follows an aircraft crash near the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday, when an air ambulance came down in a residential area, killing six people. The same day, local media reported that a collision between a train and bus killed eight. Road accidents are common in Kenya and the wider East African region, where roads are often narrow and in poor condition with many potholes. Police often blame road accidents on speeding drivers. In another accident on Thursday, nine people were killed in a bus crash in the town of Naivasha in the county of Nakuru. The victims were among 32 workers going to work when the bus crashed at a railway crossing, police said.
The Independent
08-08-2025
- The Independent
A bus carrying mourners from a funeral overturns in Kenya, killing 21 people
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday evening, killing at least 21 people, police said. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened. The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located. The victims include 10 women, 10 men, and a 10-year-old girl, he said. Road accidents are common in Kenya and the wider East African region, where roads are often narrow and in poor condition with many potholes. Police often blame road accidents on speeding drivers. In another accident on Thursday, nine people were killed in a bus crash in the town of Naivasha in the county of Nakuru. The victims were among 32 workers going to work when the bus crashed at a railway crossing, police said.
Yahoo
08-08-2025
- Yahoo
21 are killed when a bus carrying mourners from a funeral overturns in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday evening, killing at least 21 people, police said. The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened. According to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located, the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch. The victims include 10 women, 10 men, and a 10-year-old girl, he said. Motor accidents are common in Kenya and the wider East African region where roads are often narrow and in poor state, marked by numerous potholes. Police often blame road accidents on speeding drivers.
