One of the survivor of the Nithi Bridge accident has broken silence and narrated the driver’s blunder that led to the accident that claimed twelve lives on the spot.
According to the Nithi Bridge accident survivor, they are members of a group named Vision Group and all the twelve people including children who died were on the same public service vehicle from Meru heading to Kajiado.
Speaking to the press at the hospital, the survivor said that their vehicle was leading and nearly got involved in an accident but their driver was able to regain control before the other vehicle collided with an oncoming vehicle.
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“Our matatu was the first one to veer off somehow but the driver was able to control it, So it went back to the track. And then, the ten-sitter behind us which had ten people and two children got involved in the accident.”
According to her, the driver of the ten-sitter tried to overtake them before losing control and veering off to the other lane, resulting into a head on collision with a Hilux pick up headed to Meru.
The forceful overtaking was the blunder that cost their colleagues’ lives in a road that has been described as one of the most dangerous blackspots and the driver who was said to be unfamiliar with the route.
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Among those who perished was Anne Njeri and her one-year-old daughter. Her friend who spoke to the media said that Njeri had told her that she was going for a self-help group in Meru to return the following day only to perish in the accident.