AS Kenya mourns the death of 36 people who were killed in a road accident on Sunday, President John Magufuli has sent condolences to his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta, expressing his grief over the carnage.
“I have received with shock and grief
the report of the road accident which claimed the lives of our brothers
and sisters after a bus rammed into a lorry along Nakuru-Eldoret
highway.
“The deaths have caused heartache not
only to Kenyans but East Africans as whole; we have lost our loved ones
and our workforce,” President Magufuli said in a statement issued by the
Directorate of Presidential Communications in Dar es Salaam yesterday,
adding: “On behalf of all Tanzanians, let me express my condolences to
you President Uhuru Kenyatta for the great loss, I sympathise to family
members who lost their loved ones in the accident. The commiseration extends to all Kenyans.”
In the
statement, Dr Magufuli told President Kenyatta that the people of
Tanzania were mourning the deaths just as their Kenyan counterparts,
praying for those injured to get well soon and the deceased to rest in
eternal peace.
At least 36 people were killed on Sunday
after a Nairobibound bus collided with a truck at Migaa along the
Nakuru-Eldoret highway. Among the deceased were the driver of the truck
and his loader while 28 bodies were retrieved from the ill-fated bus.
The truck was heading to Eldoret. Thirty
people were confirmed dead at the scene while another four succumbed to
injuries while receiving treatment at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital.
Among the four who died in hospital were three children aged two months,
two years and 10 years, and a thirty five year old adult.
Two more victims of the crash died while
undergoing treatment at the Molo Sub- County Hospital, according to Mr
Dominic Mburu, the hospital administrator. Several other people were
seriously injured in the crash which occurred at around 3.30 am.
Confirming the incident, Rift Valley
Traffic Enforcement Officer, Mr Zero Arome, said the speeding bus which
was travelling from Busia was being driven on the wrong lane when it
collided with the truck head on. Mr Arome confirmed that the bus was
carrying 46 passengers at the time the crash happened.
The injured people were rushed to Molo
Sub-County Hospital and the Nakuru Level Five Hospital. Five seriously
injured victims were later transferred from the Molo hospital to Nakuru
Level Five Hospital after they developed complications.
One victim is still hospitalised at the
Molo hospital in critical condition. The Migaa incident caused a heavy
gridlock along the deadly stretch with motorists being stranded for
hours as police officers led by Mr Arome and Rongai OCPD Japheth Kioko
and deputy traffic base commander, Inspector Muniku, coordinated the
rescue efforts at the scene.
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