Four people perish in a dawn accident on Thika Highway.
Four people have died when the car they were travelling in
died rammed a stationary truck carrying bricks at Ndarugo in Juja
Constituency on Sunday.
The accident occurred around early morning when the driver
of the red saloon car failed to see the lorry that had stalled along the Thika
Superhighway and rammed into it from the rear resulting in the death of
the four on the spot
The impact of the collision was so severe that the deceased got
trapped in mangled wreckage of the vehicle that was being driven towards
Nairobi.
Confirming the incident, Juja OCPD Patricia Narsio said that
the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash are being investigated adding
that it was unclear how the driver of the ill-fated vehicle failed to spot the
lorry from a distance even though a life saver signboard had been erected a few
meters from the stationary truck.
Motorists and commuters had a horrific time with many of them spending hours as
the police and good Samaritans struggled to free the dead bodies from crash
wreckage.
Vehicles
heading towards Nairobi were affected by the gridlock as the axis is one of the
busiest in Kenya, where thousands of private and commercial vehicles ply daily.
The bodies of the victims have been taken to General Kago Funeral
home in Thika.
The highway has of late be prone to so many accidents
involving both pedestrians and motorists especially early morning, in the
evening and over the weekends. The numerous police roadblocks and impromptu NTSA
checks seem to be producing no positive results as the duo seem to be on the
road
for a totally different agenda altogether.
On Friday night, another person died near Witeithie stage
along the same Highway in a separate accident. Another matatu heading to Meru
earlier rammed onto a tree as the driver attempted to avoid crashing onto a
herd of cattle that were crossing the road near the Del Monte kiosk, just after
Bluepost Hotel.
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