{"id":133654,"date":"2026-03-10T05:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/14-dead-16-injured-as-truck-rams-crowd-at-motorcycle-crash-scene-in-webuye\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:02:45","slug":"14-dead-16-injured-as-truck-rams-crowd-at-motorcycle-crash-scene-in-webuye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/14-dead-16-injured-as-truck-rams-crowd-at-motorcycle-crash-scene-in-webuye\/","title":{"rendered":"14 dead, 16 injured as truck rams crowd at motorcycle crash scene in Webuye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 10 \u2014 Fourteen people have been confirmed dead and 16 others seriously injured after a vehicle rammed into residents who had gathered at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Webuye, Bungoma County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A police report indicated that the tragic incident occurred on Monday night at about 9.45 pm in the Malaha area along the Webuye\u2013Kitale road.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the initial accident involved two motorcycles \u2014 one travelling from Webuye towards Kitale and another heading in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>The riders, who were both not wearing helmets, collided head-on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe riders died on the spot due to the impact,\u201d the police report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, members of the public rushed to the scene in an attempt to rescue the victims.<\/p>\n<p>However, tragedy struck again when a trailer truck travelling from Kitale towards Webuye reportedly lost control and ploughed into the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the trailer struck several pedestrians at the scene, killing 10 people instantly and leaving 11 others seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>The injured victims were rushed to Webuye Sub-County Hospital for treatment, where four more succumbed to their injuries, bringing the total death toll to 14.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities confirmed that 16 survivors remain admitted at the same facility with severe injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers visited and documented the scene before moving the bodies to the Webuye Sub-County Hospital mortuary, where they are awaiting identification and postmortem examinations.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash are ongoing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 10 \u2014 Fourteen people have been confirmed dead and 16 others seriously injured after a vehicle rammed into residents who had gathered at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Webuye, Bungoma County. A police report indicated that the tragic incident occurred on Monday night at about 9.45 pm in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}