Massive Nairobi traffic jam as tanker overturns - PICTURES

Members of the public scooping oil that spilled from the overturned tanker at General Motors on Mombasa road. Photo/KENYA RED CROSS

City motorists woke up to a massive traffic jam on Mombasa road after a tanker carrying crude cooking oil rolled over early morning on Thursday and blocked two lanes.

The accident near General Motors forced morning commuters to overlap and use the wrong side of the road to evade the wreckage that lay on the road.

Police said the driver of the tanker lost control after his brakes failed, sustaining slight injuries