Several people were injured on Wednesday, September 10, following a grisly road accident at Kijabe Junction along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
The collision, which involved a personal vehicle and a truck, occurred in the afternoon, leaving both vehicles badly mangled at the scene.
Eyewitnesses reported that the crash was a head-on collision, with the smaller car taking the brunt of the impact.
According to photos and videos from the accident scene, area residents and passing motorists rushing to help the victims.
In a desperate rescue effort, some were seen using axes and other tools to cut through the twisted wreckage in order to reach those trapped inside.
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This comes a week after several people were injured following a road accident at Chepsir along the busy Kericho–Nakuru highway.
According to media reports, the crash occurred when a lorry lost control, slamming head-on into a passenger bus before ploughing into other vehicles.
The accident that happened on Tuesday, September 2, also involved a private car and a trailer, which swerved off the road while trying to avoid the collision.
Images circulating on social media captured the aftermath of the wreckage, with the lorry badly mangled and its windscreen and mirrors shattered.
The bus was also extensively damaged, particularly at the front.
Prior to that, 15 people sustained injuries of varied degrees after their matatu collided with a trailer in Mombasa on Saturday night, August 23.
According to the Kenya Red Cross, the accident happened at a spot in Kibarani near Ug Holdings.
"A road traffic accident involving a PSV matatu and a cargo container has occurred at Kibarani, just after UG Holdings, Mombasa County," the humanitarian agency reported.
The agency deployed its response on the scene to carry out rescue operations alongside other teams from the county disaster management.
At the scene, the trailer appeared overturned on the road as the matatu wreckage stood by the side. Luckily, no fatalities were reported at the scene.
