Three persons have lost their lives on Monday in a grisly road accident involving a motorcycle and a canter lorry along Likoni-Ukunda road in Kwale county.

The 8am accident caused a traffic snarl-up in the busy Lungalunga highway that is connecting to the neighbouring country of Tanzania.

The victims, the rider and two passengers, were crushed to death by a lorry while they were trying to overtake.

The victims have been identified as Ramadhan Ibrahim,17, Sadique Ramadhan,15 and Salim Mwachaka 16 were travelling towards Likoni while the lorry was heading  to Ukunda.

Police explained that the motorcycle rider tried to overtake another vehicle but on seeing another vehicle, he tried to go back to its lane but he lost control and balance of the motorcycle and fell down throwing all the occupants to the opposite lane

The driver of the lorry crushed the three victims, killing them on the spot.

Irate residents staged a protest after the accident while calling the government to erect bumps on the stretch of the highway saying it was a black spot that had consumed several lives.