Four people sustained serious injuries following a grisly road accident that involved to trucks at Mabanga near Kipkaren Market along the Eldoret–Webuye highway on Sunday evening.
According to eye witnesses, the head on collision accident occurred at about 5 pm when an over speeding truck from Webuye towards Eldoret developed brakes failure as it headed towards the Mabanga bridge before the driver lost control and collided with another truck that was cruising from opposite direction.
Both drivers and their conductors sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Lumakanda sub county hospital where they received First Aid before being taken to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Eldoret where they were admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.
Hundreds of residents burgled the trucks with an intention of looting goods on transit but quick intervention by police officers prevented the residents. The accident occasioned a huge traffic snarl up of about five kilometers stretching from Musembe to Lumakanda junction.