Dozens Narrowly Escape After Matatu Collides With Trailer

15 people sustained injuries on Saturday, August 23, after an accident occurred at the Kibarani area along the busy Mombasa-Nairobi Highway.
Confirming the accident, the Kenya Red Cross revealed that the accident involved a PSV matatu and a cargo container.
Rescue teams from the Kenya Red Cross and other agencies quickly responded to the scene, and the injured were rushed to various health facilities by well-wishers.
Other reports revealed that of the injured, five were in critical condition. The matatu reportedly had 13 passengers on board, and the other eight suffered minor injuries.
“A road traffic accident involving a PSV matatu and a cargo container has occurred at Kibarani, just after Ug Holdings, Mombasa County,” the statement read in part.
“We are on the ground responding alongside a multi-agency response team.”
Red Cross also confirmed that the scene had been successfully cleared by about 1am.
Images seen byKenyans.co.keshowed the mangled wreckage of the matatu after it rammed into the container truck. The truck, on the other hand, was slightly dented from where the matatu had run into it.
The accident adds to a barrage of many more accidents that have been plaguing the nation for the past month, leaving dozens dead.
Among the most heart-wrenching ones was the August 8 accident at the Coptic roundabout in Kisumu that left 27 dead. Ironically, the group was leaving a relative’s funeral when the school bus they were travelling in rolled into a ditch.
On August 10, an ENA Coach bus travelling from Nairobi to Migori was involved in a fatal accident in the Mai Mahiu area at around 11pm.
Of the 47 passengers on board and three crew, only two fatalities were reported, including an adultfemale and a minor.