Five people perished and three others were injured in a road accident at Kigari area along Embu-Manyatta road on Wednesday.
The accident involved a van operating as a PSV and a lorry transporting sand.
According to Eastern Police boss Moses Ombati, the PSV driver was trying to overtake at a corner when he rammed into the oncoming lorry.
The bodies of the deceased have been transferred to the mortuary and the injured taken to nearby hospitals.
