At least 24 people were killed on Sunday when a bus collided with a truck on Kenya's primary highway, police reported.
The deadly crash occurred three weeks after another accident along the same highway resulted in 17 fatalities. The major thoroughfare serves as the main ground transport link connecting the capital, Nairobi, to the coastal city of Mombasa.
Why It Matters
The highway connecting Nairobi and Mombasa is Kenya's most vital economic corridor, carrying heavy freight traffic from East Africa's primary seaport to the capital and neighboring landlocked countries. High traffic density and limited dual-carriageway infrastructure make this arterial road a frequent site of severe traffic collisions. Road safety remains a major public health challenge across Kenya, where thousands of people are killed annually in vehicular accidents despite repeated policy efforts to curb traffic mortality.
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