{"id":3877,"date":"2024-09-20T17:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:41:37","slug":"video-of-a-githurai-bus-overturning-in-the-middle-of-thika-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/video-of-a-githurai-bus-overturning-in-the-middle-of-thika-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of a Githurai bus overturning in the middle of Thika Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vI7U0E35ESo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">CCTV footage showed a bus overturning along the Thika Superhighway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The accident took place\u00a0 near the Survey underpass and from the video, the driver seems to have lost control of the bus just before negotiating a corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The bus swerves from side to side before hitting the traffic barrier and overturning.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center ad\">\n<div class=\"col-12 text-center mb-4 mb-md-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Staff from the nearby Total Petrol Station quickly rush to the scene of the accident and assist trapped passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The bus is believed to ply the Nairobi-Githurai route.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">St John&#8217;s Ambulance Spokesman Fred Majiiwa confirmed the incident saying that the bus suddenly overturned near Rosters. He said the number of people injured in the accident is yet to be established.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">However, St John Ambulance rescuers are at the scene and are in the process of evacuating victims to the nearest hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">For a while now, Thika road users have complained of reckless driving of Githurai buses which often bully smaller cars, especially during rush hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Videos of speeding buses have often been shared online and relevant authorities have been asked to step in and arrest careless drivers who put lives of passengers at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; CCTV footage showed a bus overturning along the Thika Superhighway. &nbsp; The accident took place\u00a0 near the Survey underpass and from the video, the driver seems to have lost control of the bus just before negotiating a corner. &nbsp; The bus swerves from side to side before hitting the traffic barrier and overturning. 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