Pupils block Jogoo Road after matatu hits their volunteer
Transport has been paralysed on Jogoo Road after St Anne's Primary School pupils barricaded it to protest the knocking down of a volunteer who helps them cross the busy road.
The learners claim a bus hit and injured the man, identified as Martin Luganji, on Tuesday as he led some of them to cross the road.
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The bus driver, they told the Nation, ignored the volunteer who had already lifted the 'Stop Children Crossing' sign.
St Anne's Primary School pupils protest on Jogoo Road on June 14, 2017. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
They said the bus was overtaking another vehicle when it hit the volunteer crossing guard and injured three pupils.
Residents block a matatu from using Jogoo Road at St Anne's Primary School on June 14, 2017. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The minors staged protests hours after another pupil was injured in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday morning.
The pupils chanted, “We want justice for our colleagues" and "No bumps, no learning" as they turned away any moving object trying to use the road.
Police arrive to disperse pupils of St Anne's Primary School from Jogoo Road on June 14, 2017. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
They forced hundreds of vehicles and motorcycles to make U-turns on the busy road at the Likoni Road roundabout.
Police arrive to disperse pupils of St Anne's Primary School from Jogoo Road on June 14, 2017. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
They want the government to erect bumps on the road to help prevent deaths.
Residents of the area accused road users of ignoring road signs and called on the government to designate the stretch as a blackspot.
The pupils later left the road on the urging of police. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story and an alert sent out on it had indicated that the volunteer crossing guard died in the Tuesday crash. Martin Luganji survived the crash with injuries. The error is regretted.
