12 killed as bus, train collide in Nairobi

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No fewer than 12 people have been confirmed dead after a mini-bus collided with a moving train at Mutindwa in Nairobi, reports said on Wednesday.
The reports said police and Red Cross officials, who gave the confirmation of casualties, said 21 other victims had been admitted to hospitals following injuries they sustained in the accident.
They Kenyan Kapital FM said the accident occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
A Kenya Traffic Commandant, Samuel Kimaru, said those injured were taken to Mama Lucy, Metropolitan and the Kenyatta National Hospitals.
Meanwhile, witnesses said the accident occurred when the driver of the loaded ``matatu’’, as the mini-bus is popularly called, attempted to cross the railway line.
They said the driver had ignored an oncoming train, even as it was hooting.
The Dandora-bound commuter train dragged the 33-seater ``matatu’’ almost 25 metres from the intersection before it stopped, the reports said.

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