Two dead, three critically injured in an accident involving a University bus

Two people have died in an early morning accident Thursday at Taru along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.

The accident involving an Egerton University bus and an oncoming lorry occurred at 5.30 am in the morning.

According to the police, the accident occurred when the Egerton University bus ferrying students collided head-on with the lorry while overtaking.

Police further claimed that the university bus driver was trying to catch up with his colleague who had gone ahead of him.

But the Egerton bus co-driver however told a different story.

He claimed that the accident happened when the bus driver lost control after a tyre burst.

The two who lost their lives were the driver of the university bus that was leaving Mombasa and the driver of a canter that was ferrying goods to Mombasa.

Three Egerton University lecturers were critically injured in the incident. They were seated right behind the driver.

The students and the canter’s turn-boy who sustained minor injuries were treated at local health centres in Taru and Mariakani and discharged.

The students were all from the university's faculty of education.
-nation.co.ke