Friday, August 10, 2012 - Reports trickling in indicate
that President Kenya Mwai Kibaki has ordered the Kenya Air Force to disperse
planes to Tanga Tanzania and airlift the victims of the accident to Nairobi for
treatment.
The accident that occurred at 5.30 A.M. at Mandere area in Tanga
claimed 11 women all members of women’s guild from Thika. Police in Tanzania
have reported that at least 40 other people have been injured and are being
attended to at local hospitals in the area.
Most of the victims are members of a P.C.E.A. church in Thika
and were headed to Tanzania for a meeting. The victims were in two busses
ferrying the Kenyans and officers say that the number of victims may go up as
there are more victims trapped in the debris. A rescue mission is still
ongoing.
Survivors said that one of the busses skid off the road and the
second bus stopped. As they were helping the passengers of the first bus, a
speeding lorry hit the stationary bus prompting it to fall on the other bus and
crashing the passengers helping.
Reports indicate that there were 84 passengers though Kenyan
police preliminary reports indicate that there were 80 passengers.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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