Image circulating on social media allegedly showing the bus crash.
Doha, Qatar: A bus ferrying a number of tourists, 28 of whom were confirmed to be Indian nationals from Qatar, rolled and landed in a ditch in central Kenya, killing six people.
The Indian Embassy in Doha confirmed that five of the deceased had belonged to the group of Qatar-based Indian nationals.
Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the Nyandarua County Commissioner, Abdrisack Jaldesa, had stated that the accident happened as the bus was carrying the tourists from Nakuru County to Nyahururu Thomson Falls in Laikipia County, before tumbling into the ditch in the Gichaka area, 41 km south of Nyahururu Town.
Xinhua further added that eyewitnesses said the bus was traveling along the road in the rain when the driver lost control and careered off the road before ultimately hitting a tree and the vehicle rolling over several times, killing the six tourists in the process.
Local residents had stated that they rushed to the scene of the accident in an attempt to rescue survivors trapped inside the bus.
The Indian Embassy in Qatar said that it was in touch, including with ICC, ICBF & other community groups in Doha, and that officials from the High Commission of India in Nairobi were "on the ground and extending all help."
