Students from Gititu mixed secondary in Murang’a were involved in an accident after a Neo Kenya bus they were travelling in overturned.
Reports indicated that several students were injured after the vehicle overturned a few moments after departing from the school.
Makuyu police boss Alexander Shikondi on Tuesday, December 14, confirmed the incident as reports indicated that the bus driver perished in the accident.
The bus was ferrying students from Gititu mixed secondary school after they closed school on Monday morning, December 13, 2021.
According to the police, the driver lost control of the vehicle at a sharp corner and the bus overturned with the students on board.
Good Samaritans rushed to the crash site and helped pull the students out of the bus. Rescue teams helped to ferry the students to various hospitals in the county.
Police stated that six students were treated and discharged from the Makuyu sub-county hospital where they had been taken.
At Kenol hospital an additional six students were treated and discharged while one is admitted with a fractured hand.
Two other female students were referred to Thika Level 5 hospital where they are currently under treatment.
Eight more students were taken to the Muranga level 5 hospital where they were treated and discharged. One student is currently admitted at the health facility while one more was referred to the Kenyatta national hospital with complex injuries.
The Neo Kenya vehicle was towed to the Makuyu police station.
