Kenya bus crashes into truck and kills 16

At least 16 people died and many more were injured today when a bus travelling to the Kenyan coast hit a truck.

At least 16 people died and many more were injured today when a bus travelling to the Kenyan coast hit a truck.

The crash occurred before dawn at Maungu, west of Mombasa on Kenya's east coast.

"The truck was stationary at the time, we don't know yet how the bus came to hit it," a police spokesman said from the nearby town of Voi, where the injured were being treated.

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