Four people
were killed on Tuesday in a grisly accident involving four vehicles in Nyeri
County along the Nyeri- Nyahururu highway in Kenya.
The accident
involving a lorry and three personal cars occurred a few minutes past 3PM
killing four people on the spot and injuring three others, according to Nairobi
News.
The accident
is said to have been caused by the lorry driver who lost control while trying
to overtake another vehicle.
The driver
of the lorry identified as Joseph Kinyanjui was arrested at the scene. Police
said that he was drunk at the time of the accident.
According to
witnesses, the lorry with registration number KBQ 014P was transporting animal
feeds and was heading towards Nyeri town.
The driver,
who was speeding, attempted to overtake another lorry but lost control of the
truck and collided with three vehicles.
The first
vehicle to be hit, a Toyota station wagon, was carrying two people, a man, and
a woman. Both died on the spot.
One of them
said a man who was heading home from a medical clinic after finishing treating
injuries from a previous accident was among the casualties of the second
vehicle, a taxi.
His wife,
who had accompanied him from the hospital in Nyeri Town, was seriously injured
in the crash.
The driver
of the taxi, according to the witness died as other motorists and police
attempted to rescue him from the wreckage vehicle.
While
occupants of the third vehicle escaped with minor injuries.
Nyeri
Central Divisional Police commander Muinde Kioko confirmed that the driver of
the lorry, who escaped unhurt, had been placed in police custody for causing
the accident.
“We have
arrested the driver and we are still gathering facts on what transpired. But
the driver appeared intoxicated at the time of the arrest,” said the police
boss.
According to
him, the driver is likely to be arraigned in court to face charges of causing
death by reckless driving.
The bodies
of the deceased were taken to Nyeri County Referral Hospital while the wreckage
vehicles were towed to Nyeri Central Police station.
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