A tragic road accident has claimed the lives of 14 people and injured scores others after an Administration Police (AP) lorry rolled over at Moinonin along the Marigat-Loruk road in Baringo North Sub-County.
Confirming the incident, Baringo AP Commandant Robinson Ndiwa explained that the driver of the lorry lost control of the vehicle causing the fatal accident.
The Commandant added that a majority of those who had perished were civilians while two officers had also lost their lives in the incident.
"It is very unfortunate because we have lost lives in the tragic accident. Thirteen adults and one child have been confirmed dead while three police officers are critically injured and have been taken to Baringo County Referral Hospital in Kabarnet for specialised treatment," the officer reported.
[caption caption="Scene of the tragic accident that killed 14 in Moinonin, Baringo County"]
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The officer could not verify how many civilians were aboard the ill-fated truck at the time of the accident but he confirmed that five officers had been commissioned form their official station at Kapedo.
"The police officers stationed at Kapedo had gone to Marigat Town to buy foodstuffs for officers and were involved in the accident on their way back to Kapedo," Mr Ndiwa told reporters.
Speaking to The Nation shortly after the 1:30 p.m. incident, the commandant conveyed that plans were underway to ferry the bodies to Baringo County Referral Hospital mortuary.
A week earlier, a similar accident occurred in Mandera County where a military truck overturned along the Elwak-Kotulo-Wajir road.
The Mandera incident claimed the lives of three Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers and injured several others.
Mandera South Deputy County Commissioner Daniel Bundotich confirmed the incident, dispelling rumours that the truck had been hit with explosives.
"It was an accident and not a terrorist attack," he stated.
[caption caption="File image of KDF soldiers "]
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