Several traders are feared dead and scores injured after a grisly road accident at Osiri Bridge in Nyatike Sub-County, Migori County, on Wednesday evening.
The accident occurred when a lorry reportedly lost control while carrying a group of traders and crashed into pedestrians at the busy bridge.
Eyewitnesses, who spoke to Metro News, said the vehicle veered off its path before hitting several people who were at or near the bridge, leaving victims scattered at the scene.
The impact is believed to have caused multiple casualties, with several people sustaining serious injuries.
Emergency response teams were mobilised to the scene as efforts to rescue survivors and establish the number of casualties continued.
The injured were being evacuated to nearby health facilities for urgent medical attention, although the exact number of people taken to hospital was not immediately established.
Police had not immediately issued an official statement on the accident or confirmed the reported fatalities.
