{
  "id": 16629180,
  "title": "Mtito Andei crash survivor reveals dispute between youths and elders before fatal journey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/mtito-andei-crash-survivor-reveals-dispute-between-youths-and-elders",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:51:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/mtito-andei-crash-survivor-reveals-dispute-between-youths-and-elders-before-fatal-journey"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Michael Musalia, a survivor of the Mtito Andei road accident, has recounted a dispute that occurred between young people and elders in his congregation before the fatal journey. The incident happened after the group buried their priest in Lugari, Kakamega County. According to Musalia, who lost his sister in the crash, the young members of the group wanted to leave for Mombasa on Sunday morning, but the elders insisted on a different schedule. The elder members overpowered the youth, causing tensions to rise. Musalia, who was the secretary of the traveling group, said he almost missed boarding the bus as the elders insisted on returning to Mombasa on Saturday, instead of the planned Sunday morning. He described his sister, Angela Msaba, as a mother figure who greatly impacted his life. The accident, which occurred on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at Kanga, near Mtito Andei, on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, claimed 24 lives and left 23 others injured when a bus belonging to Power of the Word Church International collided with a truck. Authorities are now conducting postmortem examinations to determine the circumstances surrounding the deaths.",
  "summary": "A survivor of the Mtiro Andei road accident that claimed 24 lives, Michael Musalia, has revealed a disagreement between a section of young people and elderly members of their congregation over the timing of their journey back to Mombasa. The survivor, who lost his sister in the crash, said tensions emerged after the group buried […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Dispute between youths and elders occurred before fatal journey.",
    "Young members wanted to leave for Mombasa on Sunday morning.",
    "Elders insisted on a different schedule, causing tensions."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Mtito Andei crash: The phone call that saved Mombasa pastor from deadly bus crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/mtito-andei-crash-the-phone-call-that-saved-mombasa-pastor-from",
        "published": "2026-10-26T10:28:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}