In a rather heartbreaking story, a woman is recuperating at the Uhai Neema hospital along Thika Road after an accident involving Kenya Mpya bus that resulted in the amputation of her leg.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus driver was evading traffic police when he ran over the woman and badly damaged her leg.
Most eye-witnesses could barely stand the grotesque scene and urged the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to act quickly and halt the company’s operations.
Online, many narrated their near-death experiences with Kenya Mpya buses and pointed out that some of their drivers are reckless on the road.
“Good Morning @DCI_Kenya, While trying to run away from traffic police officers, this Kenya Mpya Bus basically knocked down this woman and amputated her leg. Please take action. It’s not the first time a Kenya Mpya bus has been on the Spotlight for Causing accidents.”
“The speed at which these Kenya Mpya buses ‘fly’ along Thika Road is quite alarming. Always jumping from one lane to another mindless of any approaching vehicle, animal or human being!!”
“For how long will Kenya Mpya continue with this sort of behaviour!? Are they this much untouchable or are they above the law!? Take a good look at that lady,a very good look!!!”
Elsewhere, a bus crashed into pedestrians in Kangemi, Nairobi, on Wednesday evening, leaving four dead and four others critically wounded.
The driver had been going down a slope when the accident took place in Waruku.
Witnesses said the vehicle plied the Westlands-Uthiru route but that the driver opted for another one to avoid a traffic snarl-up on Waiyaki Way.
The alternative, however, has a steep stretch of about 200 metres, and it is in that section that the vehicle’s brakes failed.
The bus was stopped by the wall of a building at the bottom of the incline.
Witnesses said the driver fled from the scene and that his whereabouts were unknown.
At the nearby Riverside Medical Centre, Dr James Kiburi said they received four critically injured people from the scene of the accident.
He said one died at the facility while three were taken away in a St John Ambulance for advanced treatment elsewhere.
Rosemary Monti, a vegetables vendor, said the passengers in the vehicle only sustained minor injuries.
“The pedestrians included a woman who had been buying groceries on the side of the road and a motorcyclist who had just dropped off a passenger and was turning to return to his station,” Ms Monti said.
She added that this was the second such incident to take place in the area.