The scene of an accident along the Salgaa stretch. [Photo: nation.co.ke]A journalist has penned how his heart sunk as he covered the deadly Migaa accident on New Year's Eve which left 37 people dead.Nakuru-based journalist Francis Muriithi said it was nerve-wrenching to cover the accident after arriving at the scene.From fresh blood oozing from maimed bodies to lifeless bodies being packed into gunny bags ready for the morgue, it was a chilling moment for any human."When I arrived at the scene of one of the deadliest and most horrific road accidents that I have covered this year, at Migaa, on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway, my first attraction was the bodies of two children next to the wreckage," Muriithi wrote."They were wrapped in a chequered red leso, as if to protect them from the biting cold, next to the scene littered with fresh blood, personal effects and foodstuffs.I kept asking myself, are they alive or dead? Are they siblings? Are the parents alive or among the dead? Sadly, nobody I asked seemed to be bothered with that," he added.Muriithi said realizing that the two innocent lives had been lost was more than heartbreaking."What followed was one of my most heartrending instances in my two-decade journalism career with Nation Media Group," he saidHe added: "I immediately lost count and could no longer confirm the toll from St John Ambulance official Caroline Cherotich, who was updating me with the statistics." The Migaa accident also claimed the life of a two-month old baby. It has been filed as one of the horrific crashes of the year.
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