Accidents on Kenyan roads look not to stop anytime soon with the number of people loosing their lives on these roads rising as the days go by.
The Kericho highway is on it’s part proving to be a balckspot as it continues to be a breading ground for fatal road accidents.
In October last year, a fatal accident occured at Fort Ternan along the Kericho highway and through it, over 55 people lost their lives with several left to bear grave injuries.
As if those huge numbers were not enough, another fatal accident graced the roads again.
On Saturday, nine people were reported to have died after an oil tanker rammed into the 12 seater shuttle they were traveling in.
The crash that happened at the Chepsir Trading Center on Kericho-Nakuru highway was reported at 6pm and only 4 of the 12 occupants of the shuttle survived.
NINE PEOPLE die after matatu and oil tanker collide at Chepsir trading centre on Kericho-Nakuru highway, Kericho OCPD Justus Kitetu says. pic.twitter.com/gqONW36Dde
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Kericho OCPD Justus Kitetu said the Nakuru bound oil tanker was using the wrong lane and the matatu was doomed because the truck was descending at high speeds on the climbing lane.
Survivors are recuperating at Kericho County Referral Hospital.