By NATION AFRICA More by this AuthorAt least 48 people have been confirmed dead following a grisly road accident at Londiani Junction along the Nakuru-Kericho highway in Kenya at around 7pm on Friday, June 30. The accident involved a truck that was travelling from Nakuru towards Kericho that lost control and rammed into several matatus, private vehicles and motorcycles before landing in a ditch. The truck also crashed into hawkers selling roasted maize, vegetables, cabbages and oranges by the roadside on the Muhoroni turn-off. Dozens of others have been rushed to various hospitals including Londiani, Molo sub-county and Nakuru Level Five hospitals," said Ms Kunga. The County Government of Kericho dispatched all its ambulances to the scene with the Kenya Red Cross Society responding to the emergency.

Source: Daily Nation July 01, 2023 04:52 UTC