Four people were on Friday night killed in a tragic road accident on the Nairobi-Murang’a highway.
The deceased were enroute to Kenol from Nairobi when the accident occurred.
Murang’a Police Commander Mathiu Kaingi said one of the vehicles, which was reportedly being driven under the influence, hit another car which in-turn rolled over to the other lane and hit a bus, which was at high speed.
The police boss said further investigations have been launched into the incident.
“Tumeweka bidii tuweze kuwakamata wale waliokuwa wanaendesha gari kwa njia ambayo si ya kisawasawa. Ningependa kuwahimizi wananchi ya kwamba ni vyema kuhakikisha wanatii sheria za barabara kwa sababu ukiendesha gari vibaya unahatarisha maisha ya walio barabarani,” he said.
Dennis Munene, who witnessed the accident, said: “For almost three months kuna accidents, hii ni ya tatu. Wamesema ni 110 speed, sasa tunataka ipunguzwe ikuwe 70 ama 80.”
Another witness, Pauline Gitara, noted: “So we tried with the people who were around to get the people out of the cars, some people were really helpful…they tried to stop some people to take the casualties to the hospital. Most of them were taken to Thika hospital, some of them were in critical condition but we thank God most of them are okay”