A prisoner died on Tuesday morning after Embu prison vehicle that was ferrying inmates to Meru was involved in an accident near Thuci River along the Chuka-Embu Highway.
The accident also left eight prisoners and seven warders, who were escorting the inmates, with serious injuries.
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Reports indicate that the driver of the KDF vehicle lost control hitting an oncoming private vehicle head-on at Matunda area on Sunday night.
The four officers died on the spot.
Passengers — a man his wife and their two children — who were in the private car, sustained serious injuries and were admitted at Kiirua Mission Hospital.
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