A total of six people have been reported dead following a grisly road accident near Mariakani town along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
This is after the driver of a 14-seater matatu tried to avoid colliding with a truck only to be hit on the right rear side as the truck tried to overtake the PSV.
The truck was heading to Mombasa while the matatu belonging to Tatama Sacco was heading to Wudanyi in Voi from Mombasa for a burial ceremony.
According to Kennedy Osando, Kaloleni OCPD three children were among those killed.
"Three passengers died on the spot, two children and a woman. The other injured passengers were rushed to Mariakani Sub-County Hospital but another woman and a child succumbed to their injuries," said Osando.
“It happened at the junction of Kinango and the SGR terminal in Mariakani and involved a matatu which was ferrying passengers to Voi," added Osando.
The accident left several passengers in a critical condition and were transferred to the Coast General Hospital.
“In total, we have six fatalities, three women and three children aged between two and six years. All the bodies have been taken to Coast General Hospital," said the OCPD, following the Saturday morning accident.
The driver and turn boy of the truck are on the run, even as the wreckage of the two vehicles currently lie at Mariakani police station pending investigations.
Police are looking for the two.