At least 41 people were killed Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said.
"It is a horrible scene. Bodies are strewn all over," traffic police official Samuel Kimaru said by telephone from the scene near the town of Narok.
"It is difficult to tell exactly what happened but all indications point to speeding and possibly overloading," he said. "It is quite disturbing."
Traffic Commandant Samuel Kimaru said they suspect the driver lost control of the bus before the accident happened. Other witnesses it took long to rescue those who had been trapped under the bus wreckage after it overturned in a ditch.
He added the bus driver lost control of the City to City bus before it veered off the road and plunged into a valley hitting stones and trees before landing on its roof.
The scene of the accident is about 15 kilometers from Narok and common with such incidents and locals have been calling for measures to curb them.
The Kenyan Red Cross said it had confirmed 41 deaths and 27 others with "multiple injuries".
The bus was travelling from Nairobi to Homa Bay on the banks of Lake Victoria.
It was about halfway into the journey when it veered off the road and plunged into a valley, rolling over several times.
The Red Cross said the accident occurred shortly after 2:00 am (2300 GMT Wednesday). Pictures from the organisation showed the bus in the bushes at the bottom of a hill, its roof ripped off.
Kimaru said police had "a difficult time recovering the bodies because this place is hilly and bushy".
"We've dozens others injured and we are not certain how many because they were taken to various hospitals... we have officers checking with the hospitals," Kimaru said.
Thursday 29 August 2013
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