10 Feared Dead After Matatu Collides Head-On With Personal Car On Nyeri-Nyahururu Highway

• A road crash on the evening of Thursday, December 28, near Solio Ranch in Laikipia county claimed over ten lives, according to sources at the scene
• The bloodbath was caused by a Nyeri-bound 14-seater matatu that crashed into an oncoming personal vehicle en route to Nyahururu
• Also involved in the crash was a motorcycle rider who died on the spot; the injured were rushed to Mary Immaculate and Nyeri County Referral hospitals

Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Laikipia county - At least ten people are believed to have died after being involved in a deadly crash at a spot near the Solio Ranch, along the Nyeri-Nyahururu highway, on the evening of Thursday, December 28.

Although police responding at the scene were yet to confirm the actual number of fatalities as of the time of publishing this.

What caused the Nyeri-Nyahuru road crash?

According to news sources, a Nyeri-bound 14-seater matatu coming from Nyahururu crashed with an oncoming personal vehicle, the impact catching a motorcycle rider who died on the spot.

A family of six is also reported to be among the fatalities there.

Those injured were ferried to the Mary Immaculate Hospital Mweiga, with others referred to the Nyeri County Referral Level 5 Hospital.

The witnesses confiding in Citizen TV claimed potholes on the road had contributed to numerous accidents reported in the recent past.

A snarl-up followed the accident as the law enforcers cleared the scene.

The road carnage came days after three people were killed and several others injured in another one in Mombasa.

The victims were on board a Mash Cool bus en route to Malindi from Nairobi on Sunday, December 24, when it encountered a heavy truck near the Taru Town Centre along the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway.

What caused the Mash Poa bus accident?

Preliminary investigations established the driver of the trailer could not keep to his lane, prompting the bus to veer off the road in a bid to escape it.

The cabin of the truck was wrecked following the impact of the collision, with the bus, equally wrecked, overturning beside the road.

The Red Cross had earlier confirmed in an update that 19 people were severely injured.

They were rushed to the Samburu Sub-County Hospital for treatment as the deceased's bodies were booked into the Kinango Sub-County Hospital Mortuary.