Five people, among them an infant, have died after their vehicle was involved in a grisly road crash at Mbaruk area in Gilgil along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway.
The Monday evening accident involved three vehicles with all the five victims on board one private car, according to Nakuru County Traffic Enforcement Officer Allan Ogolla. "The driver of a Toyota Fielder was overtaking a fleet of vehicles but was caught up before he got back to his lane, colliding head on with a saloon car," said Mr Ogolla.
He explained that after the collision, the driver of the Toyota Fielder lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a trailer, a Mercedes-Benz Actros. "Unfortunately, five people on board the Toyota Fielder died on the spot.
They included two men and two women and an infant," said Ogolla.