Accidents claim 4

Four people lost their lives in separate road accidents, even as the police enforced the famed ‘Michuki rules’.

Two passengers died when their matatu over-turned on the Machakos-Kitui road.

Several others including the driver were seriously injured and rushed to Machakos General Hospital in critical condition.

Local OCPD Hassan Barua said it was not established immediately what caused Monday’s accident.

He said the vehicle was heading to Kitui from Machakos.

Local traffic boss Dorcas Nyagah, who led the rescue team, described the accident as horrible.

She and her team used the local Kenyan Red Cross Society ambulance to ferry the victims to the hospital.

And a motorist died when his vehicle rammed into a stationary lorry and burst into flames in Nairobi’s Industrial Area.

Police said the man was speeding along Lunga Lunga Road on Sunday night.

The lone motorist was trapped in the wreckage and before he could be rescued, a fire broke out soon after the incident 1am incident.

Nairobi Area deputy traffic boss Leonard Katana said the vehicle was badly damaged and they are trying to identify the victim.

"We are yet to establish what may have caused the fire," he said.

Elsewhere along Mombasa Road, near St James Hospital, another motorist died in an accident involving two cars.

The other driver was seriously injured and rushed to hospital, on Monday morning.

Witnesses said the victim was speeding towards the city centre, before losing control of his vehicle.