Fifteen people have lost their lives at the crack of dawn Wednesday after a Nairobi-bound bus from Mandera rammed a stationary truck at Matuu in Machakos County.
The Injured were rushed to the Matuu Level Four hospital, Yatta Police boss Njoroge Karanja confirmed.
The stalled lorry crew had not put up lifesavers to warn other road users which has been blamed as a key cause of the 5AM accident.
Among those who perished on the spot were ten men, two women, and a child.
At least 13 people have died after a Nairobi-bound bus from Mandera rammed into a stalled lorry at Matuu in Machakos County. The dead include 10 men, two women and a child. pic.twitter.com/yCTGLgu6IH
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Mr Karanja said the incident happened a few minutes after 5am, and that the driver of the truck that had stalled on the road had not placed warning signs (called life savers) to caution other users.
A video making rounds on social media shows the extensive damage to the 68-people capacity bus of registration KCM 912 H.
08:19 #KCM912H Madina bus from Mandera to Nairobi involved in a TRAGIC accident in Matuu along Thika Garissa highway, 15 people confirmed dead and several injured pic.twitter.com/SDssqKgn3n via @Abdiraz_Adam
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The right side of the bus all the way from the front to the back came apart in the collision which has lent credence to claims that the bus may have been speeding during the early morning accident.
The accident comes just a day after three people perished along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway after a 14-seater matatu collided head on with a lorry.
And only last week, 14 people perished in a road accident along the Nakuru-Naivasha highway at Kikopey.
According to the area
The morning crash left scores of other passengers injured and they were taken to Matuu Level Four Hospital.
The ill-fated bus belongs to Medina Sacco and plies between the capital and the northern Kenya town, near the Somalia border.
The collision comes barely 24 hours after three people and
8:06 Matuu, Masimba, Mai Mahiu, Kikopei….. How many more lives must we lose on our roads before Matiang'i cracks the whip? Recklessness by drivers is compounded by police officers who's only motive is collecting bribes instead of enforcement of traffic laws
— KenyanTraffic (@KenyanTraffic) March 27, 2019
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At least 20 people have perished on Kenyan roads in less than a week, bringing into question the effectiveness of measures the government has put in place to arrest runaway carnage.
Carelessness on our roads will kill all of us. Our roads are narrow. Our leadership seems not to know ow to fix our roads. Reckless Driving, bad leadership, bad roads, Mkenya ni kifo tu kinamngoja. Accidents like the one in Matuu Machakos County this morning can be avoided😡😡
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) March 27, 2019
More than 10 people killed after a Nairobi-bound bus plunge into a stalled lorry in Matuu, Machakos County.
— Cyprian Nyakundi Escobar (@CisNyakundi) March 27, 2019
Casualties who have been injured rushed to Matuu Level Four hospital, Yatta police boss Njoroge Karanja confirms.
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More than 10 people killed after a Nairobi-bound bus plunge into a stalled lorry in Matuu, Machakos County.
— Cyprian Nyakundi Escobar (@CisNyakundi) March 27, 2019
Casualties who have been injured rushed to Matuu Level Four hospital, Yatta police boss Njoroge Karanja confirms.
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