KU bus accident: Seven people airlifted to Nairobi for treatment

Kenyatta University students were airlifted to Nairobi for treatment on Tuesday, March 19. [Hezron Kimari, Standard]

The bus was ferrying students for an academic trip from Nairobi to Mombasa when the accident occurred.

Kenyatta University (KU) Vice Chancellor Paul Wainaina on Tuesday morning visited the injured students in the hospital.

16 Kenyatta University students involved in the Maungu accident airlifted to Nairobi for further treatment pic.twitter.com/yZdU7YHuWx

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A statement by Wainaina on Tuesday indicated that the University had dispatched a team from the main campus and Mombasa campus to the accident scene to assess the situation, assist the survivors, and provide an accurate report.

The VC has condoled with families of students who lost their loved ones.

Kenyatta University students airlifted to Nairobi for treatment on Tuesday, March 19. [Hezron Kimari, Standard]

On his part, Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime says the medical bills for all the KU students will be waived.

Update:

As of 3.00 pm on Tuesday, The Standard confirmed that nine more students involved in yesterday's accident will be airlifted to Nairobi, and are expected to land at Wilson Airport by 4.00 pm.

The first group of seven has already been re-admitted at Nairobi's Avenue Hospital and is in stable condition but with multiple fractures, the hospital's Managing Director Dr. Mohamed Said has confirmed.

Additional reporting by Okumu Modachi.