Several Confirmed Dead, 22 Others Injured in Tragic Makindu Accident
Several Confirmed Dead, 22 Others Injured in Tragic Makindu Accident: Two people have been confirmed dead after a tragic road accident involving a lorry and a truck in the Makindu area along the busy Nairobi-Mombasa highway, police say.
The lorry was from Mombasa direction enroute Nairobi while the truck was heading in the opposite direction when a head-on collision Happened.
At the time, The lorry was ferrying traders to Makindu town. Twenty-two others were injured in the crash and rushed to Makindu Sub County Hospital.
Confirming the incident was Patrick Mutinda, the medical superintendent for Makindu Hospital, who stated that the facility received two dead bodies and 22 patients who were seriously injured.
13 were treated as outpatient and released while 9 who were critically injured were admitted.
“Three out of the nine were taken to theatre,” Mutinda added.
The bodies of the deceased were taken to the same hospital mortuary pending autopsy.