One person died and another one was seriously injured in a road accident that occurred Sunday near Bumala market along Busia-Kisumu road.
The accident involved a Climax bus which was heading to Nairobi from Busia and a lorry which was heading to Busia from Kisumu.
According to Busia County police commander John Nyoike, the driver of the lorry died while being taken to hospital while his assistant sustained serious injuries and rushed to Busia County hospital where he is recuperating.
Nyoike has added that no one in the bus was injured and that they have launched investigations to determine the real cause of the accident,
“It’s only those who were in the lorry that were affected but those in the bus were not injured and we have started investigation to know what caused the accident.”
Other sources have alleged that the bus driver was driving recklessly causing the accident.