Two people including a police officer died in a horrific road accident near Malaba town in Busia County on Wednesday. According to Teso north sub county Police commander Sammy Muraya, a long distance truck travelling towards Malaba from Eldoret collided head-on with a police land cruiser which was headed to Bungoma from Malaba town at Ikapolok area a few meters from Malaba town in Busia county, “Right now we can’t tell what really caused the accident but we can confirm that two people including one of our police officers and a trailer turn boy have died on the spot while another officer and the trailer driver were seriously injured and taken to Bungoma County referral hospital where they are receiving treatment.”
Muraya added that another person, a police officer survived the accident without any injury. The 3 pm accident caused a major traffic snarl-up along the busy Bungoma-Malaba Highway giving police officers a hard time trying to disperse a large crowd of locals that had gathered around the accident scene and clearing the traffic. The wreckage of the two vehicles was towed to Malaba police station.