Rescuers at a scene of accident at Mukinyai Slopes near Sachangwan on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on March 8, 2014. Photo/Suleiman Mbatiah 
Eight people died while scores were injured after vehicles they were travelling in were involved in a grisly road accident along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.
According to Rongai OCPD Mr Joseph Mwamburi, the three vehicles, a Nissan matatu, a Probox and a lorry, were heading towards Nakuru when the lorry’s brakes failed hitting the other two vehicles near Salgaa.
Seven passengers in the Nissan matatu and one in the lorry died on the spot while the injured were rushed to various hospitals in Nakuru.
The seven passengers who lost their lives in the matatu were members of the same family coming from Burnt Forest where they had gone to pay dowry.
Updates to follow