Six people, on Saturday, lost their lives when a matatu and a canter lorry collided head-on along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
The accident which occurred at Nyakairu along the Kinungi stretch left ten other passengers with serious injuries.
Confirming the incident, Naivasha Deputy OCPD John Kwasa stated that four died on the spot while the other succumbed to their injuries in hospital.
Kwasa stated that the bodies have been transferred to the Naivasha District Hospital mortuary while the injured had been rushed to Naivasha sub-county hospital for emergency treatment.
Witnesses at the scene told journalists that the matatu was attempting to overtake a convoy of vehicles when it collided with the lorry.
"The matatu driver headed towards Nairobi swerved to the right, crashing into a lorry coming from the opposite direction," a witness, Peter Kariuki, was quoted by the Nation.
Kinungi is a known black spot. Earlier in June, a bus veered off the road killing one and injuring 48 others on Saturday night.
A woman died on the spot, with rescuers taking more than three hours to retrieve her body from the bus belonging to Mbukinya company.
The driver of the 62-seater Nairobi-bound bus veered from his lane towards the right side of the road where the vehicle tipped over and rolled several times into a nearby farm.
"We received 48 patients and we have managed to stabilize a number of them who are due for discharge," highlighted the hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr Angeline Ithondeka.
Among those injured, she disclosed, were 11 children, with 18 others suffering serious injuries, while 10 of the victims sustained fractures.
