Eleven Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) officers are nursing injuries at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet county after they were involved in a road accident at Nyongores Bridge along the Bomet-Narok highway on Saturday evening.

Confirming the accident, Bomet Central sub-county police boss Musa Imamai Omar, said the crash occurred when the lorry they were traveling in veered off the road and landed in a ditch while trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian crossing the highway.

Further, he siad the injured officers were attended by a paramedic traveling in another contingent vehicle before an ambulance arrived and rushed them to the hospital.

Motorists plying the Kisii-Narok route were held up for several hours before traffic police managed to clear the snarl up.

The wrecked lorry was towed to Bomet police station for inspection.