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Fifty-one passengers were rescued after the bus they were traveling in was swept away by floodwaters on a river bridge in northern Kenya.
“The bus is still stuck in the river some thirty meters from the bridge, although the water level is still dropping,” according to reports.
The road has now been closed indefinitely and anyone found violating the order will be arrested and charged.
Police are looking for the driver of the bus who ignored passengers concerns and insisted on driving through the water.
“The passengers managed to escape just before the bus was submerged, while others climbed onto the roof,” police said.
The incident occurred just a few hours after Kenya’s roads agency announced the closure of another section of the same road, flooded following the swelling of the Tana River due to persistent heavy rains.
The government had issued a flood warning for residents of Tana River and Lamu counties after an upstream dam was breached by floodwaters.
