Three people were critically injured when a bus heading to Nairobi was hit by an empty fuel tanker on Thursday.

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According to the Nation, the accident at Maji ya Chumvi, on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway involved the tanker and Dreamline Express bus.

The driver of the tanker, the report added, was said to have lost control of the vehicle.

The injured were taken to Mariakani Hospital for treatment.

The bus company was said to have been organising to send another vehicle to pick up the remaining passengers.