An accident involving a matatu and a truck along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on Saturday morning has claimed at least four lives.
Police said eight other passengers were admitted to hospital with serious wounds after the 3 am accident near Salgaa.
The accident involved a Toyota Hiace of Eldoret Cross Roads Shuttle Sacco that was from Eldoret towards Nakuru direction.
Police said upon reaching the location of the accident, the matatu rammed into the rear of a mobile unknown trailer that disappeared soon after the accident.
As a result of the accident, four people died on the spot.
They included three women and a man. E
Eight other passengers were rushed to Nakuru County and Referral Hospital with serious injuries.
The bodies were moved at the Nakuru County morgue pending identification and postmortem.
The vehicle was towed to Salgaa police station pending inspection as the hunt for the other trailer that escaped the scene goes on.
This is the latest such accident to happen in the country amid an ongoing campaign to address the menace.
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