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12 prisoners have escaped and eight others injured after a prisoner lorry they were traveling in lost control and plunged into a stream at Lwanganga area along the Kisumu-Busia road.
Siaya OCPD Stephen Cheteka said the lorry which was carrying inmates during the incident was ferrying prisoners from Siaya to Ukwala law courts when the incident occurred.
Cheteka has indicated the lorry lost control and left the road before plunging into a stream with 12 prisoners taking advantage to escape to the nearby bushes.
The Siaya police boss has said that the eight who sustained injuries have been taken to Siaya referral hospital while the remaining 29 were taken to various police posts including Ugunja and Ukwala.
A manhunt has been launched to search for the 12 who escaped with Cheteka urging residents to help police track down and arrest the runaway criminals.