NTSA officers at the scene of the accident in Sachangwan on Tuesday December 12. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]
The National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) has refuted claims that is officers are to blame over the Sachangwan accident that killed more than 32 people.NTSA director general Francis Meja on Tuesday said his officers are being crucified for their diligent work.
It was said that NTSA officers were pursuing the driver of a trailer that lost control resulting in an accident that involved 15 vehicles.
The driver is said to have refused to stop at a roadblock before the trailer's brakes failed.The 12pm accident involved a Modern Coast bus, a Great Rift Valley matatu and a private car among other vehicles.However, Meja said were it not for NTSA officers the number of fatality would be worse.He said one of the officers tried to control oncoming vehicles by directing them off the road.
He said that it would be horrible to crucify officers who are diligently doing their work without verifying the information. Meja said Salgaa remains a notorious black spot in the country and have asked police to beef up their capacity at the area.