Two more people from the Malanga tanker tragedy died at the Siaya County Referral Hospital, pushing the death toll to 15.
According to the hospital’s medical superintendent Dr. Liech Odoyo, all victims have been accounted for.
The identity of the victims will be ascertained from the DNA examinations to be conducted on Tuesday, he added.
The Malanga tanker tragedy occurred after several people went to siphon fuel from an overturned petrol tanker that later exploded in Malanga area on the Kisumu-Busia highway, thereby killing and injuring the people.
Area residents said that before losing control, veering off the road and rolling, the tanker that was heading to Busia from Kisumu hit an oncoming lorry.
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