One dead, 2 injured in Nakuru after car and boda boda collide

The sport utility vehicle that collided with a motorcycle in Nakuru on February 21, 2017. A passenger on the motorbike died minutes after she was taken to Valley Hospital. PHOTO | JOSEPH OPENDA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The motorcycle and a sport utility vehicle (SUV) bumped into each other at a junction near the county commissioner's office.
  • The driver of the SUV and the motorcyclist suffered deep bruises on their hands and heads and were taken to Evans Hospital.
  • The vehicle and the motorcycle were towed to the Nakuru Central Police Station.

A boda boda passenger has died and two other people have been seriously injured after a motorbike collided with a vehicle in Nakuru Town.

The motorcycle passenger died minutes after she was taken to Valley Hospital in Nakuru following the Tuesday morning accident.

James Mayaka, a security guard who witnessed the accident, told the Nation.co.ke that the motorcycle and a sport utility vehicle (SUV) bumped into each other at a junction near the county commissioner's office.

The witness said both the SUV and the motorcycle were moving at high speed.

According to Mr Mayaka, the SUV, which was being driven on an express lane, hit the motorbike as it was speeding across the lane at the junction.

“I just saw the bike rider and his passenger fly into the air before landing [on the road] after they were hit by the vehicle.

“The vehicle’s driver had, however, tried to evade the motorbike before [the car landed] in a ditch,” said the witness.

Nakuru OCPD Joshua Omukata said the driver of the SUV and the motorcyclist suffered deep bruises on their hands and heads and were taken to Evans Hospital.

The vehicle and the motorcycle were towed to the Nakuru Central Police Station.