Two people perished in a fatal road accident that involved a petrol tanker and a motorbike at Msalaba Yellow area a few Meters from Soy trading center along Eldoret – Kitale road in Likuyani Sub County.
According to the eye witnesses the accident occurred after the tanker driver who was speeding from Kitale towards Eldoret tried to carelessly overtake a vehicle that was in front before hitting a boda boda rider who was approaching from the opposite side carrying a female passenger killing the two on the spot.
Area residents have expressed concerns at the speed at which most motor vehicle drivers were plying the road endangering lives of motorbike riders and pedestrians.
They said that their lives were in danger due to careless driving witnessed on the narrow road appealing for its expansion as well as erection of bumps to check on speeding motorists and thus help curb accidents.
“It’s high time that something has to be done on this road to save the lives of many innocent Kenyans from perishing at the hands of careless drivers ,” they said.
The two bodies were removed by officers from Soy police station and taken to Kitale mortuary.