5 Family Members Die in Accident at Kianugu on Nyeri-Nyahururu road

Five family members on Thursday night died in a grisly road accident at Kianugu on the Nyeri-Nyahururu road.

Eight other individuals sustained serious injuries from the crash.

A 14-seater matatu is believed to have collided with a personal vehicle, causing serious damage to both cars.

The injured were rushed to Nyahururu County Referral Hospital where they are receiving treatment.

A man, his two children (a boy and a girl) and two women travelling in the personal vehicle were all confirmed dead.

The man's wife sustained serious injuries.

Nyandarua North OCPD Timon Odingo revealed suspicion that the personal car was speeding.

“We suspect that the vehicle was speeding before one of its tyres burst. It then swerved and rolled before hitting the matatu that was heading to Nyeri,” he stated.

Odingo explained that those in the personal vehicle were coming from a family gathering in Nyeri County.

Wreckages of the two vehicles were towed to Nyahururu Police Station.

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