{"id":10213,"date":"2022-12-25T23:32:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T20:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2022-12-25T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T20:32:12","slug":"matatu-rammed-into-a-lorry-on-nakuru-eldoret-highway-injuring-7-ma3route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/matatu-rammed-into-a-lorry-on-nakuru-eldoret-highway-injuring-7-ma3route\/","title":{"rendered":"Matatu rammed into a lorry on Nakuru-Eldoret highway injuring 7 @ma3route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Seven people among them five family members have been seriously injured after they were involved in a road accident at Kibunja town on the busy Nakuru-Eldoret highway\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The accident happened after the matatu they were travelling in from Nairobi to Eldoret rammed into a lorry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;I was asleep and I was suddenly woken up by a sound. I was wearing a seat belt and I bet that helped a lot as those who were sitting behind us were injured,&#8221; one of the victims said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The five family members were headed to Kitale town for a family get-together to celebrate Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">They are recuperating at the Molo Subcounty Hospital where they were rushed for treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Molo traffic police officers led by Traffic Commander James Gatara visited the scene and and called on road users to be extra careful on the roads especially during the festivities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The accident occurred barely 24 hours after another one happened on the Narok-Bomet highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Two people died after a salon car they were travelling in overturned and rolled severally at Ratili area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Three others were seriously injured. Among the dead was a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Police said the occupants were driving towards Bomet town when the accident occurred at around 11.20am on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">A police report from Ololulunga Police Station in Narok South subcounty said the accident involved a Mercedes Benz salon car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen on December 20 urged Kenyans to exercise caution as they travel home for the festivities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Speaking at Harambee House in Nairobi, Murkomen noted that\u00a0the latest Road Safety report released by NTSA shows that 4,449 people died in road accidents between January to December 15.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven people among them five family members have been seriously injured after they were involved in a road accident at Kibunja town on the busy Nakuru-Eldoret highway\u00a0 &nbsp; The accident happened after the matatu they were travelling in from Nairobi to Eldoret rammed into a lorry. &nbsp; &#8220;I was asleep and I was suddenly woken&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1975],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-safety"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-2EJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/matatu-accident-eld-magaripoa.jpg?fit=960%2C480&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}