Migori Town: Several Feared Dead After Lorry Loses Brakes, Rams Several Cars [PHOTOS]

Migori county commander Mark Wanjala, while confirming the incident, revealed that one person died on the way to the hospital.

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Migori Town: Several Feared Dead After Lorry Loses Brakes, Rams Several Cars [PHOTOS]
Scenes at an accident in Migori after a lorry rammed into vehicles on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. /MA3ROUTE

Several people were on Wednesday, May 10 feared dead and others were seriously injured after a lorry rammed into a bodaboda shade and adjacent parked cars at a stage in Migori.

Reports reaching Viral Tea's newsdesk indicated that the lorry lost its brakes and crashed into other vehicles along the Isebania highway.

Migori county commander Mark Wanjala, while confirming the incident, revealed that one person died on the way to the hospital.

Scenes at an accident in Migori after a lorry rammed into vehicles on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. /MA3ROUTE

"So far, we have one dead as 11 in critical condition, but rescue operations are still underway, will give more updates," Wanjala said.

A witness of the accident recounted that the driver lost control while driving at a high speed and hit motorists as well as pedestrians, including a woman and a high school student at the side of the road.

"He was avoiding hitting people that's when he veered and entered the bank killing several women selling," the witness said. 

Videos shared of the accident scene showed rescue personnel trying to rescue accident victims and transfer them to the nearby hospital. The lorry was overturned with some vehicles sustaining significant damage from the crash.

The accident occurred along Migori-Isebania Road and came just a month after a similar accident occurred along the same road, killing more than eight people.

CCTV footage recorded from a shop in Migori Town surfaced on Saturday, April 8 showing the final moments before a lorry transporting rice lost control and plunged into a boda boda parking spot in the town. According to the video, it was all regular activities for the first five seconds before the ill-fated lorry sped out of nowhere, interfering with normalcy.

The lorry could be seen speeding past another lorry and a matatu before heading straight for the riders, avoiding colliding into the lorry from behind.

Even though the boda boda rider and a pedestrian were seemingly the first to be impacted by the crash, a vehicle blocked the view of the CCTV from capturing the grisly accident unfolding in a thick cloud of dust.

The grisly incident sent locals scampering for safety before moving with speed to rescue the victims, while others seized the opportunity to loot rice that was being transported by the lorry at the time.

Several reports had indicated that the driver lost control of the lorry along the road and according to eyewitnesses, started hooting at the Chamkombe area indicating a brake failure before knocking several people in the busy town, leaving three in critical condition and more than eight people dead.

Eyewitnesses recounted that the lorry had plunged down a sloppy stretch of the road after the driver lost control, ramming into passers-by, motorists and boda boda riders before stopping after crashing into a lorry ferrying sand.

Residents called on Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen to deploy police officers to control traffic on that section of the road as well as the Migori County government to allocate proper parking bays for cars and boda-boda riders.

The aftermath of an accident involving a lorry in Migori town on Saturday, April 8, 2023. /FACEBOOK

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