A tragic road accident occurred along the Ruaka-Githogoro highway near Two Rivers Mall, leaving several people feared dead and others seriously injured.
The accident involved a 14-seater matatu that lost control, veered off the road, and plunged into a ditch after colliding with a billboard.
According to eyewitnesses, the matatu that en route from Ruaka to Kiambu Town was traveling at high speed when the crash occurred.
Several people feared dead and others injured in a tragic road accident in Ruaka near Two River Mall. Photo: Courtesy.
Videos and images circulating on social media showed the matatu extensively damaged, with its windscreen shattered and seats broken.
This incident comes just a week after thirteen people were confirmed dead following a tragic road accident at Migaa black spot along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway.
The accident which occurred on Friday, March 14 at around 2 AM involved a matatu and a trailer ferrying coffee seeds.
Reports indicated that the trailer, which was heading to Eldoret experienced brake failure, lost control, and rammed into the matatu trapping the passengers on board.
As a result, all the occupants in the matatu died on the spot, and two others were in the lorry.
