The bus was traveling from the central town Meru along the highway to Nairobi when the accident occurred, according to local sources.

“The bus must have developed brake failure because it was at a very high speed when the accident happened,” regional police chief Rono Bunei said.

Road traffic crashes are a top-five cause of death for Kenyans between the ages of five and 70, and the leading killer of boys aged 15-19.

Kenya recorded 4,579 fatalities as a result of road traffic crashes in 2021, with tens of thousands more people seriously injured.

At least 20 people were killed on July 8 in a traffic accident along the highway from Nairobi to the coastal city of Mombasa. (ILKHA)