A bus crash has left 51 people dead in Kenya. The crash occurred when bus they were travelling in overturned and its entire roof was ripped off in an accident in western Kenya early Wednesday, police said.
“It is unfortunate that we have lost 51 people,” Kenya’s police chief Joseph Boinnet told Capital FM radio.
According to police, the bus was travelling from Nairobi to the western town of Kakamega and carrying 52 passengers.
The Kenyan Red Cross wrote on Twitter that it had overturned. However, more details on the cause of the accident were not immediately available.
The Kenyan Red Cross wrote on Twitter that it had overturned. However, more details on the cause of the accident were not immediately available.
Footage from the scene showed the faded red bus lying on its side, the seats and mangled bits of metal exposed to the air with the torn-off roof lying at a distance.
Dozens of people milled around the accident site and goods were strewn over a large area.
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