Thirteen people have died on the spot in a road accident on Sunday afternoon near Kikopey, Gilgil, along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.

According to Nakuru County Police Commander Emmanuel Opuru, they were in a fourteen-passenger vehicle headed to Nakuru when it collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck.

“The matatu was overtaking and then it rammed into the trailer causing 13 fatalities and three others seriously injured,” he said. 

“Fatalities have been rushed to Gilgil Sub-county mortuary and the seriously injured have been rushed to Gilgil hospital.”

Among those injured are two children.

According to reports, they had hired the matatu from Nairobi to head for a family function.

A probe has been launched to establish more details on the deadly accident.

The accident caused a traffic snarlup with the police at the scene taking charge of the situation.

This would be the second accident on the same highway hours apart.

Another crash involving a St Mary’s Ambulance was reported on Saturday evening, September 27, near Kimende, Kiambu County.

The ambulance had 6 people no board, including a driver, a nurse, a patient, her husband, and two relatives, when the incident occurred.

Photos of the accident seen by Nairobileo.co.ke showed the ambulance completely damaged on the front end.

The accident happened a month after another string of carnage that claimed at least 50 lives within 72 hours.

The ill-fated string started on August 7 when a bus ferrying Kenya Pipeline workers was crashed by a cargo train.

Nine people perished on the spot.