Kenya: Cattle truck kills twelve

(SomaliNet) A cattle truck lost control and plunged into a valley near Kenya’s northern town of Moyale, killing twelve people on Saturday, a local official said.

Nine passengers travelling in the vehicle were killed on the spot and another three died in hospital, the official said. Four more were being treated and remained in critical condition.

\"It was a very bad accident,\" Patrick Beja, Moyale\'s acting district commissioner, told Reuters by telephone.

\"It is unfortunate they were travelling in a lorry that was also ferrying animals. We have no buses here and this is how they travel.\"

Fatal road accidents are common in Kenya, which like many African countries suffers bad roads and poorly trained drivers. -Reuters