Early Wednesday morning, a road accident involving a 14-seater matatu and a truck along the Sondu-Katito Highway in Kibuon, Nyakach, led to the tragic deaths of four people, including three pupils from the Ober Boys Boarding School. 19 pupils were rushed to the Nyabondo Hospital, where their parents streamed in to find out their fate.
One who was in critical condition has been transferred to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital for specialised treatment.
Speaking to the media at the hospital, the parents alleged that the school made several blunders, including allowing the pupils to leave the school at 4am, while another stated he had been denied the authority to take his son home earlier than the stipulated closing date.
According to the bereaved father, he had attempted to take his son out of the school last weekend, but the school had told him to wait till Wednesday only for him to succumb in the ill-fated accident.
