Bus carrying mourners from a funeral overturns in Kenya, killing 25 people

A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in south-western Kenya overturned and plunged into a ditch on Friday evening, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others, authorities have said.

The bus was travelling from the western town of Kakamega to the city of Kisumu, where the accident happened.

The driver lost control of the bus as it approached a roundabout at high speed and plunged into a ditch, according to Peter Maina, a regional traffic enforcement officer for the province of Nyanza, where Kisumu is located.

The victims include 10 women, 10 men and a 10-year-old girl, he said.

Four of the 29 people injured in the crash later died in the hospital, said Fredrick Ouma Oluga, the principal secretary in charge of medical services in Kenya.