A dashboard camera on Tuesday, January 31 captured a police chase involving a Range Rover driver in Nairobi's Kilimani area.
In a footage shared by Kenyans.co.ke, the grey Range Rover overlapped traffic while approaching a roundabout, carelessly driving on the oncoming lane.
Since the traffic lights had turned red, the motorist, instead of sticking to his lane, made a sharp left turn in an attempt to join a second road but rammed into a saloon car.
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The rogue driver stopped briefly before speeding off. On his tail was a uniformed police traffic rider chasing after him.
"Today morning I captured The Range Rover which was running from the traffic police, broke all the laws and rammed into another car at the roundabout and sped off," Duke Laston, whose dashcam captured the video noted.
His post went viral and among those it reached was Esther Ndeti, the woman whose car was hit by the runaway motorist.
"Thank you for sharing this. I was the one he rammed into. Could you kindly send me this video," she requested Laston.
Ndeti went to Twitter asking for help in identifying the vehicle that rammed into her car from the front at about 11 a.m. before speeding off. She however clarified that she was not injured.
She later confirmed that she filed a hit-and-run report with the police and used the clip as supporting evidence for her claim. Her insurance company was also briefed on the same.
Since the perpetrator of the accident sped off, Ndeti will be required to make a first-party claim to her insurance to cater for damages her vehicle sustained.
Section 73 of the Traffic Act demands that motorists who cause or are involved in an accident must stop and give his or her details or report the accident to any police station within 24 hours, lest be charged in court.
"Any person who contravenes shall be guilty of an offence and liable on a first conviction to a fine not exceeding Ksh5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months,
"...and on each subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both," the law reads.
