This archive report was first published on 25 July 2019.
On July 25, 2019, a devastating truck accident occurred at Soko Mjinga market in Kinangop Constituency, Nyandarua County, claiming the lives of three people and leaving two others seriously injured.
The incident happened when a truck, headed to Nairobi from Naivasha, lost control and hit pedestrians along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway. The two men who died were loading vegetables into a pickup truck, while the woman, a trader at the market, was attending to her customers.
According to Njabini Sub-County Police Commander Charles Rotich, the driver of the truck was driving at a high speed down a hill when he lost control of the vehicle, hitting the pedestrians and a parked matatu and lorry.
Police rushed the injured pedestrians to Kijabe Mission Hospital in Kiambu County, where two of the victims sustained serious injuries, including leg fractures and difficulties in breathing.
A witness, Jacob Mwaura, reported that the pickup driver was among those who died on the spot, while the 14 passengers in the matatu escaped unhurt.
