At least four people died while several others were left nursing injuries after a Kisii -Nairobi bound nissan matatu veered off and plunged into a deep roadside ditch in Keroka, Masaba North Sunday.
Witnesses said the crash occurred around at 11am along a steep slope between Ichuni and Keroka town.
It was carrying mostly Nairobi bound passengers which it had picked along the Kilgoris -Nyangusu-Gesusu -Masimba route when it lost control under unclear circumstances.
Emergency responders were still on the scene rescuing those trapped in the wreckage.
John Kebaso, a witness said the badly mangled vehicle had overturned and landed in the ditch outside Keroka Sub-coubty hospital.
“It just hurtled down hill,” he narrated.
A responder said at least three of the dead were pedestrians.
A bodaboda operator was swept down the dangerous slope to his death.
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