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.
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