Four people have lost their lives and others injured in a road accident on the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway at Timboroa.

According to the Rift Valley Provincial Traffic Enforcement Officer Dorothy Muleke the accident involved a Toyota Prado TX and a probox.

The Prado was heading to Nakuru town from Eldoret knocked down the probox vehicle that was coming from the opposite direction.

Muleke said four people travelling in the probox died on the spot while four in the Prado gotten minor injuries.

“We lost four people in the accident, with four others undergoing treatment after sustaining multiple injuries,” said Muleke.

The damaged vehicles were towed to Timboroa police station awaiting inspection and the bodies taken to Eldama Ravine Hospital morgue.

The traffic police boss asked road users to observe signage on the busy highway to avoid accidents.

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