Thirty-seven bodies out of the 52 people who perished in the Londiani Junction Market road crash have been identified.
Londiani Sub-County Hospital Medical Superintendent, Collins Kipkoech said 18 bodies have been picked by relatives for burial arrangements at their respective homes even as tracing and identification continue in different hospitals that handled the casualties.
He said 49 people died at the Londiani hospital, two succumbed at the Kericho County Referral Hospital on Saturday while another one died at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru bringing the total deaths from the Friday evening accident to 52.
Kipkoech said seven of the identified bodies are awaiting post-mortem before they can be released to relatives while 12 have not been identified.