{"id":10046,"date":"2013-08-29T05:57:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T05:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/dozens-die-in-kenya-bus-accident\/"},"modified":"2013-08-29T05:57:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T05:57:27","slug":"dozens-die-in-kenya-bus-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dozens-die-in-kenya-bus-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens Die in Kenya Bus Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{At least 41 people have been killed and 33 others injured in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police and Kenyan Red Cross officials say. }} <\/p>\n

“It is a horrible scene. Bodies are strewn all over,” traffic police official Samuel Kimaru told media from the scene near the town of Narok on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The bus was travelling from Nairobi to Homa Bay on the banks of Lake Victoria.<\/p>\n

It was about halfway into the journey when it veered off the road and plunged into a valley, rolling over several times.The Red Cross said the accident occurred shortly after 2:00am on Thursday (23:00 GMT on Wednesday).<\/p>\n

“It is difficult to tell exactly what happened but all indications point to speeding and possibly overloading,” the police official said.<\/p>\n

“We are having a difficult time recovering the bodies because this place is hilly and bushy.”<\/p>\n

“We’ve dozens others injured and we are not certain how many because they were taken to various hospitals. We have officers checking with the hospitals,” Kimaru said<\/p>\n

Kenyan roads are notoriously dangerous, with buses badly maintained and often overloaded so operators can maximise profits.<\/p>\n

In February, 30 people died in a bus crash in the east of the country, and in July a school bus crash killed 20, most of them children.<\/p>\n

Traffic regulations and fines were toughened late last year, although the local press continue to point at police corruption as a major problem.<\/p>\n

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