At least 22 people are dead Sunday after a bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway.
Another 24 were injured in the crash and were receiving treatment, according to Paul Kisienya, the medical superintendent at Mtito Andei hospital that received most of those injured.
According to The Associated Press, the passengers were returning to Mombasa after attending the funeral of their church pastor in western Kenya when the accident occurred.
A mother of two, Violet Mwandonyi, said the bus had just left Mtito Andei town, where the passengers had eaten breakfast.
“I cannot recall what exactly happened. The last thing I remember is that we were all wailing and calling on motorists to come to our rescue. I don’t know the fate of my two children who were on the bus,” she said, per The AP.
The circumstances remain unclear but a passenger, Spenza Mudave said a truck hit the bus from behind, causing the bus to roll.
Speeding and poor road conditions have previously been cited as contributing factors in road accidents in Kenya.
The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
