7 Vehicles Involved in Road Crash in A Major Highway, Several in Critical Condition
Atleast six people have been injured following multiple car accidents along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
At the time of publishing this article, The accident had resulted in the temporary closure of the highway.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning in the Muguga area in Kiambu County.
According to Witnesses, the accident happened when a stalled vehicle, which was not visible, was rammed from behind. This triggered a chain reaction causing several other vehicles to collide.
Images circulating online, one small Canter-type lorry hit the stalled lorry, destroying its front end. The front of the white lorry landed partly on top of the first lorry which had overturned.
It however, remains unclear whether the lorry that had overturned, overturned after or before the accident.
In the pictures, the truck can be seen lying on one side of the busy highway. The lorry was ferrying what looked like vegetables and bananas.
A long-distance lorry smashed into the back of the second Canter-type lorry and was in turn hit by another lorry on its rear.
The Police officers from Kikuyu Police Station have confirmed that no deaths were recorded and cleared the road swiftly.
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