Two bodies have been retrieved from Chevaywa River following a search operation that resumed on Thursday morning after a sugarcane tractor plunged into the river at Mbande, near Matete, along the Kakamega–Webuye highway.
Other people remain missing as rescue teams continue searching for them.
The accident occurred on Wednesday when a tractor hauling a trailer loaded with sugarcane veered off the road and plunged into the river, leaving several people feared to have been swept away.
Two survivors reportedly sustained injuries, one of whom is said to have suffered an amputation of the arm during the incident. They were taken to the hospital for treatment.
The tractor and its trailer were subsequently retrieved from the river, while the search for the missing occupants was scheduled to resume on Thursday morning.
The latest recovery brings the number of people accounted for to four, comprising two survivors and two bodies retrieved from the river.
