Deadly black spot as accident victims’ bodies dropped on Nairobi-Nakuru Highway 

There was drama along the Nairobi Nakuru highway when the family of a deceased family who was on the way from the mortuary stopped along the highway where the victim was killed by a hit and run vehicle and put the body on the road causing a traffic snarl-up.

The family together with residents of the area were protesting over an increased number of accidents along Mbaruk area in Nakuru County. The residents want the government to erect bumps in the highway that is notorious for drink-driving combined with speeding, poor overtaking and pedestrians in the road which resulted in 320 deaths on the Highway in one year alone.Image result for Nakuru highway accidents

According to residents in the area, young bodaboda riders and students from Laikipia university have been involved in numerous accidents that have left them fatally injured while others end up crippled.

The road is listed among the most dangerous roads in the world and has been cited as one of the world’s most unsafe roads that is prone to accidents. The main risks are lack of barriers, poor conditions of vehicles, poor driving techniques and weather as major causes of road accidents on the busy highway.Related image

Locals allege that motorist should take precaution when approaching the area since it has now turned to a blackspot.

 

 

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