Two dead in ambulance crash: The Standard

Two people including a medic on Monday died after an ambulance belonging to the Nyandarua County government crashed on the Gilgil-Olkalau road. Its driver and female medic died on the spot near Karunga trading centre, some 15 kilometres from Gilgil town. They had earlier on Monday morning ferried a patient to Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and were on their way back to Nyahururu. SEE ALSO: Plan to use maternity wing for covid halted Gilgil OCPD John Onditi said that the driver lost control of the vehicle while swerving to avoid a pothole. "In the process, the ambulance lost control and crashed into the roadside killing the male driver and the medic," he said. The bodies were taken to Gilgil Sub-County Hospital mortuary while the  wreckage has been towed to Gilgil Police Station.