Two people have died in two separate accidents that happened along the Sagana-Kagio road, with the second incident happening along the Mwea-Embu highway.

In the first instance, a pillion passenger died after a motorbike collided with a Sagana-bound car in the Kahiro area in Ndia Constituency in Kirinyaga.

According to Kirinyaga West police commander Moses Koskei, the rider escaped with serious injuries on the head and multiple fractures.

He was rushed to Sagana Sub County Hospital and was later transferred to Kerugoya Hospital.

The body of the deceased was taken to Kibugi Funeral Home in Kutus.

In another incident, a bodaboda rider was crushed to death at the Ngurubani-Thiba bridge along the Mwea-Embu highway.

Police are searching for the vehicle's driver that hit the bodaboda rider.

"The man's body was taken to Kerugoya Hospital morgue by officers from Wanguru police station,” Koskei confirmed.