Fatal road crash kills 7, 62 injured after two Modern Coast buses collide

Two Modern Coast buses collided near Salama area on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway on Wednesday night leaving seven people dead and 62 others injured.

According to Makueni County police boss Joseph Ole Naipeiyan one of the buses was en route to Nairobi and the other was from Malaba to Mombasa.

“The bus that was travelling to Nairobi left its lane hence colliding with the Mombasa bound one. Police have been called to the scene for ease traffic flow,” said Naipeiyan.

The injured passengers have been rushed to Sultan Hamud Hospital.

Police said they were investigating the cause of the incident.

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