More details have emerged on how the accident involving five vehicles happened at Salama area along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. The police report indicates ten people died in the accident. The horrible accident left ten people, among them a 2-year-old child, dead after a lorry collided with a matatu. A police report from Salama Police Station indicates the accident involved an 18-seater registered to Spannish Sacco matatu, a 14-seater matatu registered to NAEKANA Sacco, two trucks and a saloon car. How lorry driver caused Salama accident Mukaa Sub-county Police Commander Barnabas Ng’eno said a lorry driver heading to Mombasa from Nairobi was to blame for the accident. According to Ng’eno, the lorry driver was driving carelessly as he failed to keep to its proper traffic lane and turned right abruptly. The lorry collided with a matatu, causing it to hit another vehicle, resulting in a five-vehicle crash. “It happened that motor vehicle registration number KBC 564M Isuzu FSR was being driven from Nairobi general direction to Mombasa general direction, and on reaching the accident site, the driver failed to keep to his proper lane and made a sudden right turn without due care and attention resulting in a head-on collision with motor vehicle registration number KDF 259U Toyota Hiace matatu of Spanish Sacco,” Ng’eno said. Following the impact of the collision, four bodies were retrieved immediately, while five others were discovered trapped in the wreckage. “Due to the impact of the vehicle, 10 passengers in different motor vehicles are feared dead while others are seriously injured and have been rushed to Sultan Hamud Hospital,” the police boss added.
by Amos Khaemba