Police in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, are on the spot for their reluctance on handling an accident involving a car belonging to musician Jaguar.
The accident that took place on Wednesday at 4pm on Sagana-Makutano highway claimed the lives of a 27 year old Peter Mugo and 25 year old Sinfolian Maingi, 25.
The information provided by the witnesses collide with that of Jaguar and the police that said Jaguar was the driver of the car that caused the accident. Mwea West OCPD Samuel Seurey has maintained Jaguar was the driver of the vehicle during the accident. "We have already opened a file on the incident and are are calling on anyone with information to come forward and give their account," Seurey said. Residents who witnessed the accident claimed the speeding vehicle was being driven by a woman in a blue dress with two passengers."My colleague was just about to start his bike to ferry his passenger to Makutano market when suddenly a vehicle rammed into it," said Dennis Kuria a witness. He added that the vehicle then stopped a few meters away when residents started shouting and stoning it.
The alleged woman driver at the scene of the accident was saved by Administration Police officers from a nearby camp when the public threatened to attack her.
Joyce Kinyua another witness said some of the residents who came to witness what had happened, sent for petrol and were ready to burn down the vehicle. "Police officers who rushed to the scene had to cock their guns to scare away the surging crowd which appeared determined to lynch the woman," she claimed.
She said the woman made some phone calls before three men arrived, one of the men alleged to have been Jaguar. Jaguar's bodyguard was reported to have collected the vehicle from Sagana Police Station on Thursday after it was inspected by the police, while the mangled motorcycle is at the station's yard.