Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok was on Monday morning involved in an accident which occurred between Kipisarwet and Fairhills along the Bomet-Narok Road.
The governor’s vehicle is stated to have hit a boda boda rider along the busy road.
However, no fatalities were reported in the morning incident. Nonetheless, one of the passengers was moved to the Longisa Referral Hospital for treatment.
According to witness accounts, the passenger in question is a bursar at a local school within Bomet County.
According to police reports, the boda boda rider fled the scene after the accident leaving the passenger in critical condition.
By the time of publishing this article, the passenger was in a stable condition with doctors at the Longisa hospital monitoring his health.
Reportedly, the Governor was in the vehicle but escaped unhurt and was whisked away from the scene moments after the incident occurred.
Speaking to journalists, the Governor's Press Director, Joy Terer confirmed the incident explaining that the Governor embarked on other activities which he had committed to earlier as captured in his diary.
"The Governor was not injured and has been engaged in official functions including a meeting with bank managers," she explained.
According to the Bomet Central Police Boss Musa Imamai who confirmed the incident to journalists, the incident occurred after the boda boda rider who was travelling towards Bomet made a U-turn where he was hit by the Governor's vehicle.
Incidentally, the accident comes at a time when the government has been clamping down on flouting of traffic laws to clamp down on increasing road accidents.
On Tuesday April 9, Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen requested the Judiciary to collaborate with other arms of government in developing stringent measures against motorists who cause accidents due to reckless driving.
