Death (死傷者)数 from Kenya タンカー fireball 攻撃する,衝突するs 40

The death (死傷者)数 from a fireball 原因(となる)d by a 衝突,墜落 伴う/関わるing a タンカー carrying flammable 構成要素s rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya 直面するd calls to 改善する safety on its perilous roads.

The east African nation was left reeling by 破滅的な scenes from the 衝突,墜落 late Saturday in which the タンカー ploughed into 11 乗り物s, leaving a 追跡する of 火葬するd 難破 and 団体/死体s along the main road 主要な west from Nairobi に向かって Uganda.

公式の/役人s 最初 put the death (死傷者)数 at 33, but after scouring the scene, 救助(する) 労働者s -- some in hazmat 控訴s -- 設立する six more 団体/死体s in the bush of people who tried to 逃げる the scene, a 上級の police officer told AFP.

Kenyan police search for the remains of victims at the crash site near Karai, on the busy Naivasha highway, on December 11, 2016

Kenyan police search for the remains of 犠牲者s at the 衝突,墜落 場所/位置 近づく Karai, on the busy Naivasha 主要道路, on December 11, 201 6 ?John Muchucha (AFP)

And one of the 負傷させるd succumbed to their 負傷させるs in hospital.

"We have 34 団体/死体s at Chiromo 霊安室 and six at Kenyatta University 霊安室," said Nathaniel Kigotho, director of the 国家の 災害 操作/手術s Centre.

He said all of the 犠牲者s would have to を受ける デオキシリボ核酸 実験(する)ing to be identified.

The dead 含む 11 officers of the General Service 部隊, a 議会の police 軍隊.

"Scenes from hell" was the headline on Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper which ran stories of 勇敢に立ち向かう 救助(する)s and daring escapes from the inferno.

One 運転者 called Kamau said he managed to jump out of his car just in time, but 証言,証人/目撃するd grisly scenes 含むing a man running for his life as 炎上s 消費するd him.

"I am not sure if he 生き残るd," he said.

- Road 悪名高くも dangerous -

Kenya's Red Cross said the driver had lost 支配(する)/統制する of the タンカー which then 衝突,墜落d into 11 other 乗り物s and "burst into 炎上s".

Police and 証言,証人/目撃するs have 非難するd new 速度(を上げる) bumps which have appeared along the 悪名高くも-dangerous 主要道路 without any 警告 調印するs -- a ありふれた occurrence on Kenyan roads.

"The 災害 once again 論証するs the 危険,危なくするs on our roads which have 固執するd にもかかわらず 介入s to make travel safer," read an 編集(者)の in the Daily Nation, which 最高潮の場面d 混乱させるing traffic 支配するs which are often not 施行するd.

Large トラックで運ぶs are supposed to be banned from travelling along 確かな roads at night. Traffic 支配するs are often 侮辱する/軽蔑するd in Kenya where 汚職 and the 賄賂ing of police 公式の/役人s is rife.

The busy Nairobi-Nakuru 主要道路 is 悪名高い for deadly 事故s.

In 2009, over 100 people were killed and 200 負傷させるd after a 石油 タンカー overturned and 地元の people gathered to collect the 漏れるing 燃料 then a 解雇する/砲火/射撃 broke out.

によれば Kenya's traffic department, some 3,000 people die 毎年 on the country's roads.

But the World Health Organization (世界保健機構) believes the 人物/姿/数字 could be as high as 12,000.

Kenya explosion

Kenya 爆発 ?AFP (AFP)

Kenyan Vice President William Ruto (2nd right) visits the crash site near Karai, on the busy Naivasha highway

Kenyan 副大統領 William Ruto (2nd 権利) visits the 衝突,墜落 場所/位置 近づく Karai, on the busy Naivasha 主要道路 ?John Muchucha (AFP)

Sorry we are not 現在/一般に 受託するing comments on this article.