Bus crash kills at least 50 in Western Kenya

At least 50 people were killed when the bus they were travelling in overturned and its entire roof was ripped off in an accident in western Kenya early yesterday, police said. The bus was travelling from Nairobi to the western town of Kakamega, police said, and footage from the scene showed the vehicle lying on its side with the seats and mangled bits of metal exposed to the air.

The faded red bus, emblazoned with the name “Home Boyz”, was later righted. The torn-off roof could be seen lying at a distance. “It is unfortunate that we have lost 51 people,” Kenya’s police chief Joseph Boinnet told Capital FM radio. However James Mugera, the Kericho County Police Commander, said there were 50 fatalities.