The accident at Kisii area in Thika where one person died on Monday evening. [Photo|The Slope]One person died and three others were injured in a head-on collision along the Thika-Garissa Highway near Kivulini in Kisii Estate Thika.The collision happened on Monday evening when the driver of a saloon car attempted to overtake but before it could get back onto its lane, slammed head-on into an oncoming tractor shovel.The four passengers in the small vehicle were rushed to Thika Level 5 Hospital, but one of them was pronounced dead on arrival.The grader driver was also slightly injured. The evening accident caused heavy traffic snarl up along the busy highway as police had a hard time trying to pull out the wrecked car which had been trapped in the shovel.The car was later towed to Makongeni Police Station. The accident comes as the death toll in the Kilimambogo road crash involving a 14-seater PSV matatu and a lorry on Sunday night rose to 18 after more people succumbed to their injuries.
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