Several students from the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) are feared dead following a grisly road accident along the Kisumu-Awasi highway on Friday, August 7. Preliminary reports indicate that the bus was transporting the students to the burial of former student leader Elvis Otieno, popularly known as 'Beast', in Kisumu County. According to a witness account, the bus reportedly lost control and veered off the road before overturning along the highway, leaving several students sustaining injuries. First responders trying to rescue injured Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) students involved in an accident along the Kisumu-Awasi highway on Friday, August 7, 2026. Just a week ago, eight people died in a grisly road accident along the Mwea-Meru highway in Kirinyaga County.