The scene of a matatu accident. Five people were killed on Monday in a road accident in Garissa. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Five people among them a four-year-old girl were on Monday killed in a road accident near Bangale shopping centre on the Garissa-Mwingi road.
The girl’s mother also died in the accident after a tire of the vehicle they were traveling in burst causing it to roll severally.
The driver of the vehicle died on arrival at the Garissa Referral Hospital, while the woman succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment.
According to the Star, a police source said the driver lost control of the vehicle and it rolled severally after its tire burst when it hit a pothole at high speed.
Two other victims died on the spot. The vehicle had 10 occupants at the time of the accident.
The driver’s father, Mr. Omar Bagana who was speaking to the press at his residence in Madogo, Tana River county, said his son was taking his sister to Nakuru to pick bursary forms.
Mr. Bagana said his daughter sustained back and leg injuries and that her condition, alongside two other victims, was serious but stable.
“I received a phone call from my daughter barely an hour after they left informing me of the accident. She told me my son had sustained serious head injuries.”
“I picked a boda-boda from a friend and headed towards the scene but on the way, I saw the vehicle ferrying my son to the hospital. I followed the vehicle but when we arrived he was pronounced dead,” said Mr. Bagana as quoted by the Star.
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