On Thursday morning, February 20, two people were confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred at Nkinyang’a area of Maua, Meru County.
As first reported by Citizen Digital the vehicle, a Toyota Hilux, dived into a gorge off the Meru-Maua road in the early morning road crash.
Maua Traffic Police boss Wycliffe Kundu told the publication that two other people sustained serious injuries from the accident and had been taken to the Maua Methodist Hospital.
The driver is said to have lost control and the vehicle veered off the road landing in the gorge.
The accident comes barely three days after multiple vehicles were involved in an accident along Thika road.
The accident that involved at least seven cars left several injured as well as a huge traffic snarl-up at the Muthaiga Junction along Thika Road.
Yet again, on Monday, February 17, a four-year-old was run over by a school bus.
The girl is said to have alighted from the bus when the driver reversed the vehicle and crushed the little girl along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway near Kayole Estate.
The child was rushed to Naivasha Sub-county Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), the number of road crash victims increased by 13.8% in 2020 compared to the same time in 2019.
"By February 11, 2020, 387 Kenyans had lost their lives compared to 340 who died by the same date in 2019," read an excerpt by a press release from the authority.
In addition, NTSA stated that pedestrians were still the most vulnerable group with 154 of them having died compared to 134 who perished last year.
