A tragic incident has occurred in the Sabasaba area of Murang’a County, where a student has been reported dead and several others injured in a head-on collision accident.
The accident, which took place on Thursday, February 29, involved a 14-seater vehicle transporting students home for the mid-term break and a double-cabin pickup truck.
According to some of the survivors from the accident, the driver was overtaking dangerously at a continuous yellow line, when he collided with the pickup which was coming from the opposite direction.
Witnesses at the accident scene are calling on relevant authorities to deploy an ambulance and help at the scene, as several passengers had sustained major injuries, with some of the students rendered unconscious.
“Just saw helpless kids on the ground bleeding profusely! Nkt! May God protect our children,” a witness stated.
A local report providing insight into the incident has confirmed that the police have been alerted and are presently responding to the scene. Meanwhile, good Samaritans are offering basic first aid to the casualties.
Motorists travelling on the road are advised to exercise caution due to a traffic snarl caused by the increasing crowd at the scene, resulting in congestion along the major highway.
In another accident on February 24, several pupils died while others sustained major injuries after their school bus overturned near the Mathioya area in Murang'a.
According to the Kenya Red Cross, the students were coming from a scouts' festival in Nyeri, when the driver lost control, veering the bus into a ditch.
Kenyans on Monday condemned a transport company, accused of notoriously driving their PSVs on their various routes.
This was after eight people died in a grisly road accident along the Kitui-Nairobi road, where a bus veered off the road and landed in a ditch.
Photos circulating online showed the damaged bus with seats scattered on the road, as law enforcement officers waited for a tow truck to help lift the vehicle and rescue those trapped underneath.
