Aston Lukoye
Easy Coach on Monday, April 3 released a statement after one of its buses ran into a trailer near Naivasha weighbridge along the Nairobi‐Nakuru Highway on Sunday night, April 2.
According to the bus company, the bus, which was allegedly packed with passengers, was headed to Malaba, which is near the western border of Kenya and Uganda, when it collided with a trailer before it (the bus) went off the road. Luckily, there were no
The transportation company also added that the truck was trying to overlap while traveling in the opposite direction before the accident.
“Last night at around 9.30 pm, our bus heading to Malaba was involved in an accident a kilometer to the Gilgil weighbridge with a truck heading opposite direction which was trying to overlap,” stated the company.
The company wished quick recovery to the injured passengers adding that one passenger was hospitalized while others were nursing minor injuries. The terrified passengers were rescued by the Nakuru bus which transported them to their destination.
“One passenger is admitted at a Naivasha hospital. The remaining passengers some with minor injuries proceeded with their journey using our Nakuru rescue bus,” the company added.
However, according to a statement from Kenya Red Cross – Nakuru Branch, the accident occurred an hour before midnight.
“On Sunday at around 2300hrs, there was an accident between an Easy Coach bus and a trailer that just happened near Naivasha weighbridge along the Nairobi‐Nakuru Highway.
“Few passengers sustained slight injuries and were taken to Gilgil Sub-County Hospital with the help of the National Police Service. The scene was contained,” the statement read in part.
This accident comes after eight Pwani University students and three staff died in a road accident while on their way to the University of Eldoret.
