Six people have been killed in a nasty road accident at Tokara today.
Three men and three women died when a brown Open-Back Toyota Land Cruiser ran off the road killing five people instantly while the driver of the vehicle was stone to death by angry residents.
Witnesses said the driver and his two male colleagues were intoxicated and drove at high speed down a slope before running off the road hitting three women and a man who at a bettlenut market.
The vehicle dragged the four people some 5 meters away before crashing into the Marinata Christian Academy School fence.
The driver tried to escape but was caught, bashed and stoned to death.
The other men who were also on the vehicle escaped the scene whilst the other died from the crash with the four people at the bettlenut market.
The five victims were rushed to the hospital whilst the deceased driver was left lying in a pool of blood before police arrived to disperse the crowd and the Ambulance arrived to remove the body.