'National emergency': 24 dead in Kenya bus crash near site of previous fatal accident

At least 24 people have been killed after a bus collided with a truck on Kenya's main highway. Some 24 others were injured in the Sunday morning crash. Passengers on the bus were returning to Mombasa from western Kenya. The National Transport Safety Authority says the accident was due to improper overtaking. I saw a trailer in the bushes and was told it had hit our bus from behind. Those who witnessed the ordeal say that the trailer tried to overtake our bus, only to meet oncoming traffic and tried to abort the overtake, that's when they lost control. So those who got severely injured are the people who sat at the back of the bus. Those of us who were sat in front are a bit better and have even been discharged. Like me, I only got a few bruises and I've been here since the accident, but I feel no pain on my body. Sunday's crash comes just three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway. Transport safety officials are calling for road accidents to be declared a national disaster.