Two officers died after
a car they were travelling in rolled several times and plunged into a swamp on
Thursday.The two - a policeman
and prison warder - died upon arrival at Kapkatet district hospital following
the 9am accident at Daraja Sita.
The driver of the
police Land Cruiser that was heading to Sotik was trying to avoid colliding
head-on with an oncoming lorry, said county police commandant Leah Kithei.
Kithei said three other
officers and 11 remandees who were being escorted to court from Kericho GK
prison were injured in the accident.They were taken to
Kaplong and Tenwek hospitals.
The bodies were taken
to the Kapkatet district hospital morgue and the wreckage to Sotik police
station.