By PIUS MAUNDUMore by this AuthorNine people – including three Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers – have perished in two separate road crashes along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway. “The Mombasa-bound personal car was overtaking a truck when the accident happened,” Makueni County Commissioner Mohammed Maalim said. KDF SOLDIERSIn the second incident which happened at around 11.30am Sunday at Mlima Kiu near Salama market – some 250 kilometres from the first incident - a KDF truck overturned and rolled downhill after its driver lost control. The soldiers’ bodies were taken to Machakos County Referral Hospital mortuary while the truck was towed to Salama Police Station. He was pronounced dead shortly after he was admitted to Makueni County Referral Hospital,” Makueni OCPD Bosita Omukolongolo said of the Saturday evening incident.

Source: Daily Nation December 23, 2018 12:22 UTC