Five passengers were killed on Wednesday and scores injured in a serious road Accident in Elgeyo-Marakwet County.

The accident that occurred along Kaptagat- Eldoret road, involved a lorry transporting over 20 second hand clothes traders from Metkei Market, Keiyo South District that veered off the road and it rolled several times killing four on the spot.

Confirming the incident, Keiyo District Police Chief Joseph Ireri said the driver of the lorry lost control as he tried to negotiate a wet section of the road at Choop Trading Centre.

Four people, all of them male, died on the spot while the fifth victim, a female, was pronounced dead at Eldoret’s Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital where the rest of the casualties were rushed by samaritans for immediate treatment.

Witnesses pinpointed at over speeding, the excess number of passengers and poor visibility coupled with the rain pounding the area to have contributed to the accident.

 The police chief said the driver escaped immediately after the incident and police managed to arrest him Thursday morning.

Nurses at the hospital said they were treating 10 survivors of whom some were in critical conditions while others were out of danger.

“Most of the victims are nursing broken limbs while some sustained head and legs injuries,” said the Police chief.

The bodies of the victims were moved to the same hospital’s mortuary for postmortem examination.