One dead in a night
road accident involving Kitui county vehicle
August
15, 2019
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| A Kitui county government ambulance rammed into this motorbike at Maiyuni area killing one person. PHOTO| MARGARET KIMATHI |
BY MARGARET KIMATHI
One
person has succumbed to injuries after he was rushed to Mwingi Level IV hospital
following a grisly road accident along Mwingi- Garissa road which occurred yesterday
night.
The
fatal accident, according to the police occurred at Maiyuni shopping centre and
involved a Kitui county government vehicle and a motorbike.
Mwingi
Central Police boss Nicholas Mutua confirming the tragedy said the Toyota Land
Cruiser ambulance from Mwingi Level IV hospital rammed into a motorbike from
behind.
Mutua
said the accident occurred on Wednesday evening at around 7pm after the driver
of the ambulance failed to maintain a safe distance hence banging into the
moving bike.
“
The ambulance was coming from from Kithyoko direction heading to Mwingi town
and upon reaching at the location of the accident he failed to drive at a safe
distance and as a result he rammed into the rear of motorcycle which was ahead
of him and moving in the same direction,” Mutua said in a statement.
The
rider of the motor cycle was carrying one pillion passenger aged 19 years old.
Both men sustained injuries but the pillion passenger died due to serious
injuries and the impact of the accident.
His body has been transferred to Mwingi public
hospital morgue while the motor vehicles are detained at Mwingi police station
awaiting inspection.
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Nice one kimathi
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