NMG driver dies in road crash
A policeman looks at the wreckage of a Nation Media Group van that collided with a lorry on the Nairobi-Mombasa road on May 23, 2017. PHOTO | LUCY MKANYIKA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
A Nation Media Group driver died after his newspaper delivery van collided with a lorry at Maungu, on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway on Tuesday morning.
Voi County traffic boss Silas Wanyonyi said the driver died on the spot while his colleague was rushed to Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi with serious injuries.
“There were two occupants in the vehicle and one died on the spot. The driver was overtaking a vehicle in front when [his van] collided head-on with the oncoming lorry,” he said.
In another incident on the same highway, three people suffered serious injuries when their Nairobi-bound vehicle collided head-on with a Mombasa-bound Simba Coach bus at Mbuyuni.
The three were taken to Moi County Referral Hospital for treatment.
“No passenger in the bus was injured,” Mr Wanyonyi said.
