The driver lost control of the bus in Kisumu, on a notorious section of road where accidents are frequent.
Published On 8 Aug 2025
A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya has overturned and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 25 people, police said.
The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened.
The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located.
“The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road,” he told reporters at the scene.
Among those who lost their lives were “10 women, and a girl aged 10, and 10 men”, he said.
Twenty-nine people were initially reported injured in the crash, and four of them died later in the hospital, said Fredrick Ouma Oluga, the principal secretary in charge of medical services in Kenya.
The crash shocked many in the region, sparking renewed calls for tougher road safety measures.
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