Scene of the Sunday accident at Migaa.[Photo/nation]National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) officials have been accused of failing to utilize an ambulance that was stationed at Salgaa three years ago.
The Ambulance was meant to help victim at the accident prone Nakuru-Eldoret highway.
The ambulance was expected to provide quick response to accidents on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.
The Standard reports that the ambulance is never deployed to scenes of accidents whenever they occur.
This has led to questions over its whereabout.
First responders use vehicles belonging to well-wishers and Kenya Red Cross Society recently stationed at Salgaa.
“We have never seen the NTSA ambulance. We sometimes depend on personal vehicles to take casualties to hospital,” said a first responder.
According to a police officer at the station who requested anonymity, the ambulance operates like any other police enforcement vehicle.
“The ambulance is not operational because of lack of equipment. It does not have an equipment,” said the officer. Contacted, Rift Valley NTSA regional manager Aden Millah confirmed that a vehicle brought by the department of transport three years ago was expected to be equipped and operate like an ambulance, a plan that was never a success.