A traffic officer passed away on Saturday, July 29, after he was hit and sandwiched between two vehicles along Northern Bypass.
A police report seen by Kenyans.co.ke and filed under OB Number 38/29/07/2023 indicated that officer Kelvin Korir was manning traffic at around 4:00 pm when an unlicensed motorist driving a Toyota Prado accelerated from Nairobi towards Kiambu and hit the said officer, crushing him between his car and another oncoming vehicle.
The collision caused grave injuries on the officer's head and chest. He died instantly.
Police officers, who arrived at the scene, cordoned off the scene and rushed the body to Kenyatta Referral Hospital Mortuary for preservation.
The motor vehicles were seized and taken to Kiambu Police Station pending inspection while the unlicensed driver was apprehended and held in custody at the said station awaiting court arraignment.
According to colleagues, the deceased is survived by his wife and children.
"I lost a colleague yesterday along Northern Bypass. Kelvin left home that day and promised the wife and children that he would come back home but unfortunately, he did not do so."
"Seeing the body of a colleague along the road has left me without sleep. May God comfort Kelvin's family," his colleague, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stated.
NTSA Statistics
The incident brought about the stark situation along Kenyan roads with a rise in accidents in the recent past.
The latest statistics from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) show that 2,124 fatalities were recorded from road accidents between January and June 2023.
Pedestrians accounted for the largest chunk of these fatalities at 330, followed by boda boda riders at 265 and passengers at 171. The most common causes of accidents were over speeding, drunk driving, and reckless driving.
Other causes included disregarding traffic rules, using mobile phones while driving, and overloading vehicles.
The authority warned users to exercise caution and adhere to traffic laws when driving along highways and busy roads to avoid road carnage.
