At least 12 people have been confirmed dead following a tragic road accident involving a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) matatu and a trailer at the Migaa area along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway.
The Friday, March 14 accident, which occurred at around 2 a.m. happened when a trailer ferrying coffee seeds lost control before ramming into the oncoming PSV matatu, which had 11 passengers onboard.
Preliminary reports indicate that the trailer suffered a brake failure while approaching the Migaa stretch, a notorious blackspot, resulting in a head-on collision with the matatu.
The trailer was heading towards Eldoret while the matatu was heading towards Nairobi from Kitale.
The accident instantly claimed the lives of all passengers inside the matatu and the trailer’s driver.
According to Molo Sub-County Police Commander Timon Odingo, the deceased included eight men and four women.
Migaa accident
Photos of the accident scene seen by The Kenya Times showed the matatu completely wrecked, with displaced seats, deflated tires, and a shattered windscreen, highlighting the severity of the crash.
The trailer also sustained major damage to its front section. Additional footage from the scene captured rescuers struggling to free individuals trapped beneath the wreckage.
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The Kenya Red Cross personnel and a team from the Nakuru Disaster Management arrived shortly after, providing assistance and rushing the injured to the hospital.
The two accidents are among road accidents reported this year that have left behind casualties and fatalities.
Earlier in February, four people died while 56 others were left nursing injuries following an accident involving a bus and a trailer along the Londiani – Muhoroni road.
Crashes in 2025
The accident, which happened on Monday, February 25 night at around 9:30 pm near Ogona junction, involved a Nyaugenya bus operating under Climax Sacco which collided head-on with an oncoming trailer.
A Police report indicated that the Nyaugenya bus full of passengers which was headed towards Londiani direction enroute to Nairobi veered off the road on the left side resulting into collision with the oncoming truck before landing into a sugarcane farm.
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Three female passengers and one male died on the spot as 56 others who sustained injuries were rushed to St. Vincent Mission Hospital, Koru Mission Hospital, Muhoroni Sub-County Hospital.
Four of them were later transferred to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in Kisumu for specialized treatment.
Also in early February, six people, died after the minibus they were travelling in was involved in an accident.
Among them were four students from Dr Aggrey Boys’ High School in Wundanyi constituency, Taita Taveta County.
The students were returning home after a second fire incident at their school forced the school administration to close the institution and send them home.
Additionally, the driver of the minibus and a parent who had gone to pick up their child from the school also lost their lives.
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