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Mtu mmoja amefariki huku wengine kadhaa wakijeruhiwa baada ya basi la Modern Coast kutumbukia kwenye mto Masosa kwenye makutano ya Makutano mjini Kisii.
Kamanda wa Polisi wa Kisii Central Amos Ambasa amesema gari hilo lenye nambari za usajili T247 DKE lilikuwa likielekea Homa Bay kutoka Mombasa.
Kamanda Ambasa, alisema basi hilo bovu, lililokuwa na idadi isiyojulikana ya abiria lilikuwa likirudi nyuma katika makutano ya Makutano kando ya barabara ya Kisii Nyamira ambapo ofisi zao ziko.
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One person has died while several others have been injured after a Modern Coast bus plunged into River Masosa at Makutano junction in Kisii town.
Kisii Central Police boss Amos Ambasa said the motor vehicle, registration number T247 DKE was headed to Homa Bay from Mombasa.
Mr Ambasa, who spoke to Nation.Africa at the scene of the accident, said the ill-fated bus, which was carrying an unknown number of passengers was reversing at Makutano junction along Kisii Nyamira road where their offices are located.
"The driver failed to control the bus thereby hitting a stationary motor vehicle, Toyota Hiace, registration number KCP 599X, owned by Edgerton Njori Sacco. It got damaged on the left rear side and fatally injured an unknown middle-aged man," said Mr Ambasa.
The bus later landed in Masosa River after which an unknown number of passengers were rescued.
The injured have been rushed to different hospitals in Kisii town.
The driver of the ill-fated vehicle was not found at the scene, though reports indicate that he sustained injuries.
The deceased was taken to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary.
In July, 36 people died after a Modern Coast bus heading to Mombasa from Meru plunged into River Nithi in Tharaka Nithi County.
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