The bus accident kills 25 people returning from the funeral in Kenya

A bus carrying people in mourning from funeral crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, according to local authorities.

The driver lost control, left the road and overturned in a ditch along the Kisum-Kakamega motorway on Friday afternoon, a police report seen by the BBC said. This area is known for many fatal accidents.

Police said 10 women, 10 men and a girl died on the scene, with 20 injured passengers, five of them seriously. Four people died later at the hospital, officials said.

Passengers returned from funeral ground and are all considered as a family.

The cause of the accident is not yet clear, the police said.

The vehicle was a secondary school bus, but there were no students on board because it was used for funerals.

The bus came from a funeral ceremony in Nyahera and went to Nyakach, at a distance of about 62 km (38.5 miles).

The Kenya Ministry of Health called for an “urgent blood dynamic” to help survivors and prolonged its “condolences to bereaved people”.

He also urged motorists to be cautious, especially since the country deals with many mortal road accidents.

President Kenyan William Ruto called X to authorities to reserve quickly “those responsible for any negligence act leading to the accident and addresses all traffic infringements to ensure road safety across the country”.

The National Transport and Safety Authority of Kenya said it would help investigations on the cause of the accident.

This accident occurs after six people died earlier this week when a light plane belonging to a medical charity crashed in Nairobi.

Thursday, nine people were killed when a bus collided with a train in the city of Naivasha, local media reported. And on Saturday, seven people were killed in another accident near Nairobi, according to the media.

Between 2020 and 2021, the deaths of the Kenyan road increased by more than 20%. In 2021, more than 4,500 people were killed and more than 16,000 injured.

Additional report by Cachella Smith