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Eight killed after matatu collides head-on with truck

Accident

A matatu and a truck collided head-on in Makueni, killing eight people and injuring several others.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Eight people were killed on the spot on Thursday night in a road crash at Mlima Kiu area near Salama town in Makueni County, Mukaa Sub-county Police Commander Barnabas Ng'eno has confirmed.

They were travelling from Nairobi to Loitoktok, Kajiado County in a 16-seater matatu when it collided head on with a truck on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.