NAIROBI, June 9 – Six tourists were killed and 27 others injured in an accident along a busy road in central Kenya on Monday afternoon, according to a government official.
Nyandarua County Commissioner Abdrisack Jaldesa told Xinhua by telephone that a bus ferrying the tourists from Nakuru County to Nyahururu Thomson Falls in Laikipia County rolled and landed in a ditch in the Gichaka area, 41 km south of Nyahururu Town.
Jaldesa said those injured had been evacuated to the Nyahururu County Referral Hospital, adding that the origin of the tourists has yet to be identified.
Eyewitnesses said the bus was traveling along the road in the rain when the driver lost control of the bus and veered off the road. The vehicle then hit a tree and rolled several times, killing six of the occupants.
Local residents said they rushed to the scene and rescued survivors who were trapped inside the bus.
XINHUA
