Moi University Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgey has cancelled all academic trips for students following a road accident involving the university’s bus on Wednesday.
Kosgey stated on March 27 that the school would resume academic trips after the Easter holidays.
A bus ferrying Moi University students to Mombasa on a four-day field trip was involved in what the VC termed as a ‘non-fatal traffic accident’ on the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway near Kimende.
The VC stated that there were no casualties or fatalities in the accident and urged drivers and road users to exercise caution during the Easter holidays.
According to Lari subcounty deputy police commander Francis Njomo, 12 students were rushed to Orthodox Hospital in Kimende town after being injured in the accident.
Njomo confirmed that the bus, with 67 seats, was carrying 50 students.
The bus was transporting third and fourth-year students from the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Kiswahili.
“The driver of the bus lost control in unclear circumstances and the bus landed in a ditch,” Njomo said.
He said traffic police have launched investigations to establish what happened before the accident.
“We are investigating to establish how the driver lost control and the bus got off the road,” he said.
Moi University said that all the students had been accounted for and the university dispatched another vehicle to carry the students back to school.
“The driver swerved off-road to avoid a possible head-on collision with a trailer. The bus landed on the side of the road safely. The students were rescued immediately and all are accounted for. Police responded and another bus was dispatched to pick up the students back to Main Campus,” an incident report seen by the Star reported.
Njomo said the wreckage of the university bus was towed to the Lari police station as investigations continue.
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