A businessman in Lavington is counting losses after a drunk driver rammed into his business premises while speeding.
A source close to the matter confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke on Sunday, July 24, that the driver, who was in a Landcruiser LC200 (V8), crashed into Geco bar and car wash.
The incident occurred at around 1:00 a.m. on the morning of Sunday with witnesses noting that the driver approached the bar at a high speed of 100Km/hr.
Luckily, no person was injured since the bar was closed.
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"No one was injured as the shops were closed. It happened around 1:00 a.m. No one was in the bar. It is just a pub and a bar and I think the man was drunk when he went to pick his car," the source stated.
Later that night, the drunk driver was captured on video attempting to reverse the car and drive away while onlookers tried to stop him.
The front end of the Landcruiser was already badly damaged while he continued to ram into the shops.
"What do you think you are doing? This is a police case. Where do you think you are going?" Questioned the witnesses.
"Someone just pit-stopped at Gecko bar in Lavington at 100kph...the whole bar is in shutters. Where are the police on the roads?" wondered former Journalist Karen Knaust.
Investigations into the incident by both the police as well as the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) have been launched.
This case compounds the rising cases of drunk-driving across the country that continue to cost human lives and lead to damage of property.
As a result, the NTSA re-introduced alco-blow to ensure that heavily intoxicated persons are not allowed to be behind the wheel. The directive is contained in a newly-launched Traffic Act that also seeks to introduce the inspection of vehicles older than four years.
Latest statistics by NTSA released in June 2022 indicate that 1,912 people died in road accidents since January 2022, with the agency expressing fears over the increase in the number of crashes compared to 2021.
