IN PICTURES: 36 perish in grisly bus crash at Migaa
The bus which collided with a truck at Migaa near Salgaa along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on December 31, 2017, killing 36 people. Several others were taken to hospital with serious injuries. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The truck which collided head on with a bus at Migaa near Salgaa along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on December 31, 2017. 36 people, including the truck driver and his turnboy, died. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The mangled wreck of the bus involved in the Migaa crash on December 31, 2017. The bus was being driven on the wrong lane when it collided with a truck. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The ill-fated bus lies on its side following the crash at Migaa on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The bus and and the truck which collided at Migaa near Salgaa on December 31, 2017. The crash killed 36 people. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A man stands next to the bus and truck which collided at Migaa on December 31, 2017 killing 36 people. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The mangled wreckages of the truck and the bus at the crash scene at Migaa on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The scene of the crash at Migaa on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Red Cross officials, police and other rescuers at the Migaa crash scene on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Red Cross officials assist a distraught relative of one of the victims of the Migaa road crash that claimed the lives of 36 people. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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This 14-seater matatu was impounded near the scene of the deadly crash at Migaa after it was found to be carrying 25 passengers. The vehicle was headed to Kakamega. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A victim of the Migaa crash is taken for treatment at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital. PHOTO | REITZ MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A victim of the Migaa crash is brought in for treatment at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital. PHOTO | REITZ MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A Red Cross ambulance brings some of the victims of the Migaa crash to the Nakuru Level Five Hospital on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | REITZ MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The scene of the deadly crash at Migaa along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI NATION MEDIA GROUP
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There was heavy traffic snarl-up following the grisly crash at Migaa on Sunday, December 31, 2017. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Rift Valley Regional Coordinator Wanyama Musiambo addressing journalists on December 31, 2017 at the scene of crash at Migaa along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Bodies of the Migaa crash victims being loaded into a police lorry. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Kenya Red Cross officials console a relative of one of the dead victims of the Migaa bus crash on December 31, 2017. 36 people died in the horrific crash. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Police and Kenya Red Cross officials at the scene of the deadly crash at Migaa along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Bodies being loaded into a police lorry following the deadly crash at Migaa on December 31, 2017. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A man looks at what remained of the bus that collided with a truck at Migaa near Salgaa on December 31, 2017 killing 36 people. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Shocked residents at the scene of the crash on December 31, 2017. Migaa is near the notorious Salgaa blackspot along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The mangled wreckage of the bus that collided with a truck at Migaa is towed away on December 31, 2017. 36 people died where several others were seriously injured. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The mangled wreckage of the truck that collided with Nairobi-bound bus at Migaa is towed away on December 31, 2017. Both the driver of the truck and his turn boy died on the spot. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NATION MEDIA GROUP