One police officer was killed and 12 High School students injured in an accident that happened on Saturday morning at Juja weighbridge on Thika Road.
The accident occurred after a lorry rammed into school the school van.
Juja OCPD Patrick Manyasi confirmed the incident stating that 15 people were injured in the Saturday crash when the lorry rammed into the school van carrying 12 Limuru Girls students and their teacher.
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"The officer had stopped a Dagoretti High School bus for normal checks then a van belonging to Limuru Girls also drove by and he stopped it. While inspecting the van, a lorry veered off road ramming into the van, squeezing the officer in between two vehicles.
"The officer was rushed to Thika Level V Hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
"The officer was seriously injured. The 12 students and their teacher also sustained injuries. The lorry driver and his passenger also sustained slight injuries and were all rushed to the hospital," Mr Manyasi noted.
Manyasi further claimed that investigations are ongoing to establish if the driver of the lorry has a case to answer.
"He alleges that he lost control because of brake failure which has been established to be true by a motor vehicle inspector. But we shall be compiling evidence to see if its either a direct case or that which has to be determined by the office of the DPP," he exclaimed.
In a similar incident, a traffic police officer was on Thursday killed by a speeding bus at a roadblock that had been set up on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
The police officers had set up the roadblock at Ndara area in Voi when the bus driver ran over the officer.
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