14 students injured in a road accident along the Bomet-Sotik Highway :: Kenya

Fourteen students and a teacher from Mpopong Primary School, Narok County, escaped death just after an accident in which they were traveling occurred along the way. Bomet-Sotik highway.

Students traveling to Kericho for a tour of the tea factories had to cut their trip due to the mid-morning incident.

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Injured students were transported to the Tenwek Mission Hospital by good Samaritans who arrived at the scene of the accident.

Some students survived injuries after being injured by broken windows in the windows of the bus.

A doctor in Tenwek who spoke to the standard provided that he was not allowed to speak to the media said the students were not in danger.

The doctor said the students had minor injuries and were treated before being sent back to school.

"All are in a very stable condition, most of them have suffered minor bruises and cuts in broken windows and there is no reason to worry," he added. doctor.

The doctor said that the injured teacher broke his lameness and lost several teeth and has to spend time undergoing treatment

One of the teachers who was traveling with students Mary Dapash said that the driver had slept approaching the Tarakwa area along the Narok Bomet highway.

Ms. Dapash stated that the driver had lost control of the vehicle and that several attempts to stabilize the vehicle had failed and had seen them land in a ditch.

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"We came in safely and I guess because of exhaustion, the driver slept and lost control of the bus and l & # 39; Posed on a moat wounding the students'.

Pilot Joel Kurere, however, claimed that he avoided hitting another car that overtook the bus and immediately slowed down.

"A sedan traveling in the same direction as us doubled and slowed down and while I was avoiding it, I lost control and landed in the ditch," said the pilot.

A remorseful Kurere denied having slept saying that it was an unavoidable incident.

The Bomet County Police Commander, Naomi Ichami, confirmed the incident by saying that the investigation into the incident had begun.