A 14-seater matatu rolled at River Tungu in Tharaka Nithi County, along the Meru-Nairobi highway, injuring nine persons.
Three pupils who were returning to school after the mid-term break were among those injured in the Tuesday incident. For treatment, they were brought to the Chuka County Referral Hospital.
No one perished in the incident, according to Tharaka Nithi County fire and rescue team manager Alex Mugambi, although some people were seriously injured.
He claimed that the car, which belonged to Meru Artists Company, was heading from Nairobi to Meru town when one of the front tires exploded, causing it to deviate off the road. He said the moving car collided with a tree and came to a halt a few meters from the riverbank.
An eyewitness, Mr . Moses Mutembei, stated that the vehicle was speeding at the time of the accident.
He claimed that members of the public assisted those stuck inside the wreckage in escaping before the county rescue team brought them to the hospital.
Quick recovery to the victims.
Content created and supplied by: Popnews (via Opera
News )
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform
See More
COMMENTS