The injured were rushed to Nyeri County Referral Hospital. [Photo/Mpasho.co.ke]

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One person died while five others were seriously injured in a road accident in Nyeri town on Monday.

The accident came a few hours after the county's 4th Governor Mutahi Kahiga was sworn in.  

The accident happened along Mumbi road near the Nyeri Seventh-day Adventist Church at around 8pm.

According to eyewitness Micheal Mwangi, a boda-boda operator who spoke to The Standard, a PSV vehicle plying the route lost control and drove into a roadside shop plowing into several people.

 "The road has a steep bend and the car lost control it looked like the brakes were not working and the driver drove straight into the shops," Mwangi said.  

The injured were rushed to Nyeri County Referral Hospital.