Notorious Matatu overlapping along Kiambu road meets with the devil

Several passengers suffered injuries when a speeding car plunged into a valley along Kiambu road when the driver lost control over the vehicle.

Reports indicate the 14-seater matatu was in a group of vehicles that were overlapping when it veered off the road and crashed into the valley.

The tragic incident occurred when the PSV was on a slippery stretch of road on the ghat section and its brakes failed after which the driver lost control over the vehicle and it rolled down some 150 feet into a steep valley in Karura Forest near DCI headquarters.

Photos seen from the crash scene showed several passengers lying on the ground, helpless as medics were called to rush the injured to hospitals.

The Matatus along Kiambu road are notorious for overlapping to overlap the and evade the morning traffic but at the sane time risking passengers lives.

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The matatu, belonging to Marafiki Sacco, was reduced to a mangled wreck, with the roof ripped away as vehicle crashed through trees.

The crash caused a heavy traffic snarl-up on the busy road as volunteers blocked it with a breakdown that was used to pull the matatu wreckage from the valley.

For many years, Kenya’s public transport sector has been characterised by flagrant breaches of the Highway Code, overlapping, obstruction of other road users, double parking and outright impunity.

Add to that corruption.

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