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Three dead after matatu ferrying KU students to the Coast overturns
The scene of the road crash near Machinery Township along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
Photo credit: Pool
What you need to know:
- The matatu was trying to avoid hitting a man who was crossing the road when it ploughed through a guardrail.
- The passengers were part of a team of students who had raised Sh4,900 each to tour various sites at the Coast.
A trip which started on a high note for a team of Kenyatta University students ended in tragedy after three of them died on the spot Friday afternoon when the matatu they were travelling in overturned near Machinery Township along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
According to students who survived the accident, the matatu christened Machete was heading to Mombasa when the accident occurred.
