The scene of accident at Sachangwan, December 12, 2017. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
NTSA has rubbished claims that its officers were responsible for the road accident that killed over 30 people at Sachangwan on December 12.
The authority's director general Francis Meja said his officers were being crucified wrongly for their diligent work.
It was reported that NTSA officers were chasing the driver of a trailer which eventually lost control and caused the accident that involved 15 vehicles.
Reports said the driver refused to stop at a police roadblock before the trailer's brakes failed.
But Meja on Tuesday said the number of fatality would have been worse were it not for NTSA officers.
He said one of his men tried to direct oncoming cars by diverting them off the road.
"But unfortunately those coming from the other direction suffered most as a result of a corner just few metres from the accident scene," he said.
"If you look at the distance where our vehicles were stationed at that time, it is just 500 metres and there is no way the truck would have gained such momentum ... We therefore ask the public to stop such speculations," Meja added.
"It would be horrible to crucify officers who are diligently doing their work without verifying the information. Just because our fleet was few meters to the scene it should not be perceived that it was pursuing the truck".