Up to 55 dead in Kenya road accident (+VIDEO)

The truck driver lost control due to a brake malfunction, witnesses told local media. The vehicle crashed into seven cars and slid into a ditch, Russia Today reported.  

Police officers who arrived at the scene declared that 51 had died. “It’s dark now and it’s raining in this place, so it will take us some time to confirm the final number of victims,” local police commander Tom Odera told the Associated Press.

Torrential rains and bad weather made it difficult to search, the Kenyan Red Cross Society said.