- He said the driver seemed to have been negotiating the roundabout when he lost control of the bus hit the guard rail and landed on the edge of the road.
- It was then that the 17-year-old student died on the spot, witnesses said.
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One student was killed while at least 33 were injured in an accident involving a bus that was carrying Chavakali Boys High School students in Kisumu.
The injured were rushed to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu for treatment following the Monday night accident along the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway, police said.
The bus was ferrying the students to Nairobi following the closure of schools for the first term. According to eyewitnesses, the driver lost control at the Mamboleo roundabout in Kisumu.
Nyanza Regional Traffic Commander, Allan Mwangi, said they were looking for the driver of the bus for questioning as part of the probe into the accident.
He said the driver seemed to have been negotiating the roundabout when he lost control of the bus hit the guard rail and landed on the edge of the road.
It was then that the 17-year-old student died on the spot, witnesses said.
Mwangi said the other students sustained soft injuries and were in stable condition in hospital.
“The parents and guardians of some students have arrived and are attending to them. They are traumatised but they are safe,” he said.
He added many other parents had called to check on the safety of their loved ones.
The students were rescued from the scene by ambulances and good samaritans.
This comes amid an ongoing campaign to address the rising cases of accidents in the country.
Police and officials from the National Transport and Safety Authority are engaged in a campaign to address the menace on the roads.
More than 1, 000 people have lost their lives in road accidents since January this year.
Tens of others are nursing wounds in various places after the accidents.
This would give an indication at least 30 people die daily in accidents, officials said.
This has left many families negatively affected. Such accidents have negative effects on families at large.
Speeding was the major cause of road carnage as well as overlapping, drunk driving, recklessness and unroadworthy vehicles.