Eight people died and four others were injured on Thursday night after a matatu collided with a truck at Mlima Kiu area in Makueni on the Nairobi- Mombasa Highway.
Makueni Police Commander Barbanas Ng’eno said the eight passengers died on the spot following the head-on collision.
The matatu was heading towards Nairobi from Loitoktok while the truck was en route to Mombasa.
The bodies of the deceased were moved to Kilungu Hospital while the wreckage of the vehicles were towed to Salama Police Station as investigations into the incident continue.
