Three killed as vehicles collide at deadly spot

Three people died at Duka Moja on the Narok-Mai Mahiu road when a meat-carrier pick-up and a car collided.

Two male occupants of the car, which was travelling towards Narok Town  yesterday, died on the spot. The other victim, a woman who was in the pick-up, succumbed to injuries at the accident scene.

The driver of the pick-up had lost control of the vehicle, which was moving at a high speed, and tried to apply brakes, but it was too late.

It collided head-on with the on coming car, according to Narok police boss Paul Leiting. The car, too, was speeding, the police boss asserted.

BLACK SPOTS

“The scratches on the tarmac  and the distance covered after the driver had engaged the brakes show this  vehicle was speeding,” he said.

It took police and the public hours to retrieve bodies of the victims from the wreckage.

The bodies were taken to Narok North District Hospital mortuary. Both vehicles were towed to Olasit Police Post.

The pick-up driver and a passenger who was in the car were taken to Narok County Referral Hospital.

Mr Leiting said Maltauro and Duka Moja sections of the road are accident-prone spots. He urged motorists to drive with care.

Those sections have been  marked as dangerous spots  and humps and bumps erected, but hardly a week passes without fatal accidents occurring there.

Due to a steep descent, vehicles  from Narok to the Nairagie-Enkare direction are often unable to apply brakes while approaching  Duka Moja, hence crashes, police said.