One person died in a road accident on Wednesday after the vehicle they were traveling in vehicle rolled several times before landing in a ditch at Thumaita along Kagio-Baricho in Ndia, Kirinyaga County.
According to Kirinyaga West (Ndia) Sub-County Police Commander Moses Koskei, a nurse at the Baricho Health Centre was driving the Suzuki Swift.
Confirming the incident, he said the vehicle was carrying three other occupants at the time of the accident: another nurse from the Sagana Sub-County Hospital and two men.
According to reports, the two men were seriously injured in the crash.
"It happened that the vehicle was headings to baricho general direction from kagio town and upon reaching at thumaita lost control ,veered off the road and landed upside down on the left side of the road as one faces baricho general direction and due to the impact the driver now deceased Monica Kiragu, a nurse at Baricho Health Centre was seriously injured on the head and was unconscious.”
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Further, he revealed that three passengers, including Sagana sub-county hospital nurse Diana Muriuki, sustained deep cuts on their right hands.
Koskei warned motorists against speeding along roads in Ndia constituency to avoid accidents.
According to Koskei, the four people were rushed to Baricho Health Centre before being transferred to Kerugoya Level 5 County Hospital, where the driver died from injuries.
The driver's body was moved to the Kerugoya level 5 hospital mortuary for autopsy.
