An event that was suppose to be a celebration of union of two lovers turned into mourning after four who were going to an engagement ceremony perished in a road accident.

Four people including the matatu driver died on the spot when the PSV vehicles they were traveling in got involved in a fatal accident at Bonde along Tenges- Eldama Ravine road.

Nine people others sustained serious injuries .

According to eyewitnesses at the scene, the matatu driver hit a pothole before losing control veering off the road and rolled severally killing four on the spot.

They said that the matatu was ferrying relatives heading to an engagement ceremony in Tebei barely a kilometer from the scene of the accident occurred.

They blamed the poor road network that is characterized by potholes as the major cause of accidents along the road.

Many cases of accidents have been reported in the same spot where today’s accident occurred with calls for urgent measures to avert further cases of accidents.

The deceased ware taken to Baringo county referral mortuary while the injured referred to Baringo county referral hospital Kabarnet and Eldama Ravine hospitals.

It is said the matatu was carrying excess passengers as it was carrying 13 yet it was supposed to carry only eight people.

Residents are now calling the government to speedily address the issue of the road as it has turned out to be a killer spot as more than three cases of accidents happening at the very spot .