Our blood thirsty roads are at it again and this time round three innocent lives are gone.
A Monday evening accident near Migori Market in Ndhiwa Constituency claimed three lives including those of two students.
The Grisly accident also left six passengers nursing serious injuries.
The two students were from Ojode Pala Mixed Secondary school.
The accident occurred when a speeding lorry lost control and hit a stationery PSV which was picking passengers by the roadside.
Eyewitnesses said the students who were trekking by the road, from the school, were struck and killed.
“The lorry lost control, hit a pothole and veered off the road before it rammed the PSV. It then hit the students who were passing nearby,” one of the eyewitnesses said.
The students and a passenger in the PSV died on the spot.
The lorry was ferrying building materials from Sori Township in Migori County and was heading to Rodi Kopany.
Speaking on Tuesday, Ndhiwa OCPD Dishon Chadaka said they took the injured to Homa Bay County Referral Hospital for further treatment.
The injured included the lorry driver and his tout.
Police said they could not immediately identify the victims by name.
“The wrecked vehicles have been dragged to Ndhiwa police station for inspection as we continue with investigations,” Chadaka said.
The bodies were taken to Homa Bay Hospital Mortuary.