Mtito Andei residents siphon fuel from overturned tanker

A man siphons fuel from a tanker that overturned on July 1, 2016 near Mtito Andei on Nairobi-Mombasa highway. PHOTO | PIUS MAUNDU |

Residents at Kwa Kithokoi in Makueni County on Friday scrambled for fuel after a tanker overturned near Mtito Andei on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.

The residents siphoned the diesel into containers as the truck driver, Abdi Ali, watched helplessly.

"People came immediately after the tanker overturned and they started siphoning fuel,” he said.

He said he lost control of the vehicle as he attempted to avoid an oncoming truck that was overtaking another vehicle.

He said he was transporting the fuel to Uganda.

(Editing by Beatrice Obwocha)