3 Die on Mombasa Road After Grisly Accident

The wreckage of the Audi that was involved in an accident along Mombasa Road on July 25, 2020.
The wreckage of the Audi that was involved in an accident along Mombasa Road on July 25, 2020.
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Three people lost their lives an hour to midnight on Saturday, July 25, after being involved in a grisly road accident that occurred opposite Hilton Garden Inn Hotel along Mombasa Road.

Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, an eyewitness revealed that the tragic incident happened at around 11 p.m. after a black Audi saloon car rammed straight into a boda boda rider, killing him on the spot.

According to the witness, the vehicle appeared to have rolled a number of times before landing on the side of the road.

"Two occupants in the Audi, the driver and the front passenger also died on the spot. There was a third occupant in the saloon car who was still alive, but trapped in the back left passenger seat in the mangled wreclage of the car," the witness stated.

The wreckage of the Audi that was involved in an accident along Mombasa Road on July 25, 2020.
The wreckage of the Audi that was involved in an accident along Mombasa Road on July 25, 2020.
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A Red Cross ambulance was first to the scene approximately an hour after the deadly accident, and the survivor was qucikly rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.

The police also arrived and took the bodies of the deceased as well as the vehicle away from the scene.

Footage has since emerged,captured by a dashboard camera, showing a vehicle speeding along the highway just moments before the accident.

The tragic incident came just 2 weeks since five people died with several others sustaining injuries in a fatal road accident that occurred on Friday, July 10 at Kingatuani, Machakos county. 

According to eyewitness reports, the crash occurred after a 14-seater matatu collided with a truck before a third matatu rammed into the two vehicles on Friday morning along the Kitui-Machakos road.

Mwala Sub-County traffic base commander, Jack Ila, who linked the accident to reckless driving cautioned motorists against flouting traffic rules.

The wreckage of a vehicle involved in an accident along Mombasa Road on July 25, 2020.
The wreckage of a vehicle involved in an accident along Mombasa Road on July 25, 2020.
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