Five students from Mbita Boys High School were on Wednesday, April 2, knocked down by a speeding personal car in Mbita town, Homa Bay County, while they were heading home for the April holidays.
Reports suggest that the five students were walking near the Mbita International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) when the car lost control and hit them.
While the victims have been rushed to Homabay County Level 5 Hospital, reports indicate that two of them could have succumbed to the injuries.
According to eyewitnesses, the car was moving at high speed, and the driver is suspected to have been under the influence of alcohol when he hit the students.
