Three people lost their lives on Wednesday after a matatu and a pick-up collided along the Tawa-Wote road, Makueni county.

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The matatu was heading to Mbumbuni from Tawa while the pick-up was headed in the opposite direction.

Mbooni East OCPD Peter Njeru confirmed the incident stating that the driver of the pick-up died on the spot.

He said the other two, including a secondary school teacher, died at Tawa hospital.

The bodies were taken to the hospital's mortuary.