Five people lost their lives on Sunday evening after a trailer lost control and rammed into pedestrians before hitting a building where people were playing pool at Kikopey along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway.
Confirming the accident, Gilgil sub-county police boss Francis Tumbo noted that six others sustained serious injuries and are receiving medical care at Gilgil sub-county hospital.
Further, he said two pedestrians were hit as they walked along the highway at around 9 p.m.
He has called upon pedestrians to exercise caution while walking along the road, highlighting a similar accident in which a 16-seater matatu rammed a trailer, killing four men and a child on the spot.
Bodies of the deceased were moved to the Gilgil sub-county hospital mortuary as investigations into the accident continued.
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