Simply 2 day after 18 folks perished in a grisly street accident in Nakuru, some eight college students are nursing critical accidents at Nanyuki Instructing and Referral Hospital (NTRH) after their bus overturned at Burguret space, alongside Nyeri -Nanyuki freeway on Friday.
The scholars from Mariira secondary college, Kigumo constituency in Muranga County had been on board the KCD 155G bus and heading for a tutorial journey at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki on the time of accident. The eight college students had been admitted at NTRH
Confirming the incident, Laikipia County Director Answerable for well being, Dr. Waihenya Mwangi stated, 26 college students had delicate accidents and had been being handled.
“We’ve got college students who’ve been concerned in a street accident alongside Nyeri-Nanyuki freeway and as a hospital we’re doing our greatest to deal with them. The eight are critically injured and they are going to be transferred to theatre,” revealed Dr. Mwangi.
He stated the remainder of the scholars who had been within the bus had been being counselled since they had been traumatized because of the accident.
Dr. Mwangi stated plans had been underway to achieve out to folks and notify them concerning the accident and on the similar time clarified that no dying was reported.
It was alleged the college had additionally employed one other bus from Karega secondary college that was ferrying different college students from the identical college heading for the educational journey.
In keeping with John Mutero, a boda boda operator at Burguret stated that the realm was a black spot and urged for the set up of bumps to decelerate the velocity of autos.
The reason for the accident was not instantly established and the bus wreckage was towed to Narumoru police station in Nyeri County.
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By Muturi Mwangi
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