Ten killed, 11 injured in multiple car crash on Nairobi-Mombasa-Highway

By Moses Muli

Published: April 2,2024 10:49 AM

At least ten passengers were killed, and 11 others were injured in an accident involving two passenger vehicles and a lorry at the Salama area, on the Mombasa Road highway.

According to Dr Jane Mwende, the Medical Superintendent at Sultan Hamud sub-county hospital, police took nine bodies to the facility on Monday night. The child, who was in critical condition succumbed to injuries.A police report from Salama Police Station states that four bodies were retrieved immediately while 5 others were discovered trapped in the wreckage. Police say that heavy rains in the area hampered efforts to detach the wreckages.

The collision involved two matatus and a trailer.

The deceased included two female juveniles aged between five and eight, a male juvenile aged about five years, three female adults and four male adults.

The accident happened Monday, April 1 at night after the matatus collided head-on with an oncoming lorry, police and witnesses said.

Police said the accident happened at the Mlima Kiu area and involved the matatus that was headed to Nairobi direction.

Witnesses said the lorry driver reportedly failed to keep to his proper traffic lane and also turned right abruptly and without due care and attention hence colliding head-on with the matatus from two local saccos.

The accident also affected a saloon car that was at the scene.

Four passengers were killed on the spot while others succumbed to the injuries in hospital, police said.

4 passengers in different motor vehicles are feared dead while others are seriously injured and have been rushed to Sultan Hamud Hospital.

The injured were rushed to the Sultan Hamud Hospital with multiple injuries.

The rescue was badly hampered by rains that were being experienced in the area at that time, officials said.

The bodies were moved to a local mortuary pending identification and autopsy.

The accident affected traffic flow on the busy highway for more than two hours before more reinforcement arrived to help in managing the situation.

The highway is billed as one of the leading in accidents.

This comes amid an ongoing campaign to address the rising cases of accidents in the country.

Police and officials from the National Transport and Safety Authority are engaged in a campaign to address the menace on the roads.

More than 1, 000 people have lost their lives in road accidents since January this year.

Tens of others are nursing wounds in various places after the accidents.

This would give an indication at least 30 people die daily in accidents, officials said.

This has left many families negatively affected.

Such accidents have negative effects on families at large.