Six people have been killed after a saloon car they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck at Mbaruk area near Soysambu, along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
The fatal accident occured on Saturday, October 25 at around 4 am when the driver of the Toyota Caldina car tried to overtake, ramming into an oncoming truck.
Confirming the incident, Gilgil Sub-County Police Commander Winston Wakio says all the six occupants of the saloon car died on the spot due to the impact of the collision.
The wreckage of both vehicles have since been towed to Gilgil Police Station, while the bodies of the deceased have been taken to Gilgil Sub-County Hospital Mortuary, awaiting identification by family members.
