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An unknown number of people are feared dead following a collision between a Range Rover and a canter along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
Unconfirmed reports state that the Range Rover, which was reportedly brand new, was being transported to its owner in Nairobi, who had recently imported it.
The accident occurred in the Maji ya Chumvi area on the morning of Tuesday, August 27, when the Range Rover collided with the canter.
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Pictures online show the vehicle's entire front end crushed, with some of its tyres missing.
The tanker overturned after drifting off the road.
Kenyans took to social media to respond to the news, with some sympathising with the Range Rover owner.
Malik:
"Someone imported Range Rover, and it collided with Canter en route Nairobi….speeding."
Gerald Gitau:
"This is so painful. Hope the driver is well and the Range Rover was insured."
Marya:
"I don’t know if the drivers have survived. Hapa unaanza wapi ama insurance will cater?"
Omwamba:
"Imagine this is a newly imported Range Rover."
Tom Ochiel:
"In Kenya, there seems to be more concern about the damaged Range Rover in an accident than about the driver who was in it."
DP:
"At what speed was this Range Rover being driven."
This incident follows a road accident on the Eldoret-Malaba highway that claimed the lives of five people just a day earlier.
The Sunday morning, August 25, accident involved an oil tanker, a tractor, and a Probox in the Murugusi area.
Lugari sub-county police commander Julius Meli confirmed that accident, saying two people survived the crash with serious injuries.
Meli said the oil tanker, which was travelling at high speed, hit a tractor carrying hardcore building materials before ramming into an incoming Probox vehicle.
The oil tanker dragged the Probox for more than fifteen metres, and following the impact, five passengers in the Probox died on the spot.
Two others suffered serious injuries after they managed to jump out of the vehicle and have been rushed to Eldoret Hospital.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
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Photo of the range rover and canter after the accident.
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