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    Official: 23 killed in Kenya minibus crash

    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A group of 23 relatives and friends were killed in central Kenya after their minibus lost control, hit the barrier of a bridge and crashed down a rocky slope before landing in a dry river bed, police officials said Sunday.

    National police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the driver of the minibus may have fallen asleep before the crash late Saturday. The crash happened nearly 90 miles (about 140 kilometers) east of the capital, Nairobi. He said 15 passengers were seriously injured.

    Regional police chief Marcus Ochola said passengers were traveling together on wedding-related business.

    He said the group of 38 relatives and friends were returning to their hometown of Kangundo late Saturday after successfully negotiating the bride's dowry.

    "The driver lost control and hit the edge of a bridge which was very high and the vehicle landed beneath that bridge on the rock occasioning the 23 deaths," Ochola said.

    Road crashes are common in Kenya and are often blamed on reckless driving and the poor state of the roads in the East African nation.

     

    33 comments

    • Jakom  •  9 mths ago
      Police-please be FIRM on traffic law enforcementon the roads rather than collecting cash!!
    • Nubian Warrior  •  9 mths ago
      23 innocent Kenyans killed. I guess they'll be celebrating in the trailers tonite. Lay one on your sister tonite for me Jim-Bob. On a serious note. Let's all try being less ignorant and more caring. Present company included;-)
    • William North  •  9 mths ago
      dam now i got to make another banana reath
    • ROCCO  •  9 mths ago
      O Bummers stimulus did not work.
    • fed up with it  •  9 mths ago
      ni%%ers are bad drivers
    • fed up with it  •  9 mths ago
      was it primered, distorted bass stereo, and 24" rims?
    • fed up with it  •  9 mths ago
      how many fit on a regular bus?
    • fed up with it  •  9 mths ago
      i rode a "minibus" to school
    • Dan  •  9 mths ago
      It's so deplorable to turn such tragic news into a forum to lambast the govt. It's innocent lives that have been lost and none of those lives are high in the govt hierachy. Have some kind words for the dead and the wounded. I am a Kenyan and It's a beautiful country...Come see!
    • yanks fan 32,893,543  •  9 mths ago
      I've been there and the roads are hideous. You drive on the side of the road most of the time and all the money given to that country goes in the pockets of Kibaki and his two predecessors and those around them so they can lavish themselves in multi million dollar estates on the coast. I've seen the homes. It's just unbelievable. The infrastructure is in shambles. But beside all the graft. It's a beautiful country and the people are kind.
    • Peace No War  •  9 mths ago
      Stop War. Stop War Stop War

      北約為奪取利比亞的石油利益支持反對派殺害自己的人民'自相殘殺,我為利比亞人民悲哀,更為世人悲哀)有強權無公理o要和平不要戰爭o北約以保護平民為藉口,投下過千炸旦殺害利比亞人民和破壞民用設施.戰爭可以解決問題? 祇能留下人類痛苦的回憶. 要和平不要戰爭 不要再出現伊拉克,阿富汗戰爭

      NATO support the Libya Rebels to killing their own people, to killing each other. Why?

      Nato as an excuse to protect Libya's civillians, in fact NATO aim's to seize Libya's oil interests.

      I am sad for Libyan, I am more sad for the people in the world. ( Have the power, no justice )

      NATO dropped more than a thousand bombs to killing the Libyan people and damaging civilian facilities.

      We need peace no war. No more Irag and Afghanistan Battle. Stop now, Please
    • Think about it.  •  9 mths ago
      38 people? Must have been bigger than mini-bus. Either that or it was a clown car.
    • roy  •  9 mths ago
      I see this story brought out the bottom feeders.How any human,if they are,can turn this tragedy into such awful words.
      Ever heard of bad karma.Your about too.You'll see.
      • A Yahoo! User 9 mths ago
        QQ more your tears sustain us
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      Warms my heart to hear of these wrecks..... 300million more to go???
      • roy 9 mths ago
        idiot
      • P 9 mths ago
        starting with you hopefully
    • G  •  9 mths ago
      Probably all of them are related to osissy.
      • roy 9 mths ago
        could be related to you if you had any intelligent thought and knew anything about evolution.
    • Windows is acting up  •  9 mths ago
      the family was successful in negociating the dowry, only to have the driver fail to negociate a turn, .... how sad.
    • Windows is acting up  •  9 mths ago
      what did the minibus lose control of? how is that possible?
    • Harold  •  9 mths ago
      And the sad part, Obama easn't on the bus. So he continues to destroy America.
      • roy 9 mths ago
        sick POS.to bad it wasn't you.One less pos hate monger.rot
    • Slimbad  •  9 mths ago
      When will Obama issue an apology and how many billion$ of our tax dollars will he send this time?
      • roy 9 mths ago
        idiot
      • St. Richard 9 mths ago
        I'd rather he send it for humanitarian reasons than to continue his wars
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      Nothing new,them drivers are pretty reckless,they have been like that since
      Mr.Kenyatta allowed the'Matatu" taxi on the roads.Eventually that taxi turned into a
      'Mini Bus'and- still reckless.
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