Driver Mistake That Led To Isinya-Kitengela Road Accident Killing 3

Three people on Monday, January 8 died on the spot following an accident along Isinya- Kitengela Road which involved a Toyota matatu and an Isuzu lorry.

A statement by the National Police Service (NPS) revealed that the accident occurred in the Kisaju area at around 6.40 am.

"Preliminary investigations by Officers from Isinya Police Station indicate that the driver of the matatu attempted to overtake the stalled lorry but instead lost control and hit the said Lorry on the rear right," NPS explained how the accident occurred.

An accident that occurred on Monday, January 8, 2024, along the Isinya-Kitengela road at Kisaju. /NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE

"Due to the impact, two unknown female and one male adult passengers died on the spot while several other passengers with injuries were rushed by good Samaritans to various hospitals."

Bodies of the deceased were moved to Shalom Hospital Mortuary.

Photos shared by NPS showed the matatu destroyed but the lorry suffered damage to its rear wheels.

The accident came hours after another accident was reported in the Tegero area along Narok-Bomet County early Monday morning, around 1:15 am.  

This saw a head-on collision occurring between a matatu and a lorry, the crash claiming the life of the driver and leaving 11 others seriously injured.

National Police Service Officers from Ololulunga Police Station were deployed to the scene, confirming that the casualties were rushed to the Narok County Referral Hospital.

On December 31, 2023, seven people were killed after a trailer that was transporting maize rammed into a matatu in a grisly accident along the Eldoret-Nakuru Highway.

At the same time, residents took advantage of the crash to loot maize from the trailer which was packaged in sacks, in full view of an armed police officer who was at the scene.

The accidents have raised serious concerns regarding the safety of country roads as well as long-distance passenger vehicles, particularly their roadworthiness.

On December 18, 2023, Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen confirmed that 3,999 people died in road accidents between January and December 7, 2023, a reduction number from the 4,352 recorded within the same period in 2022.