Students of Kakamega High rushed to hospital following stampede
A stampede at the Kakamega High School has led to 13 students being rushed to the Kakamega County General Hospital for treatment.
The students are said to have fallen from the first floor of a building block while rushing out of their classroom. The students were running in haste after a fight broke out in the class.
It is alleged that two students had been involved in an altercation when one student pushed the other while throwing punches at each other. Soon after, one student fell to the ground when a steel guard rail on the staircase snapped.
Panicked onlookers soon rushed out of their classes which later resulted in a stampede. During the stampede some students fell to the ground suffering major injuries.
According to Dr Collins Matemba, Kakamega County Health executiv...