Nithi Bridge Crash: 12 among them two kids perish
The private van was ferrying joyful occupants who had just attended a cheerful dowry ceremony.
By Dennis Dibondo
12 people among them ten adults and two children perished on Saturday, August 31 after a vehicle they were travelling in lost control causing grisly road accident.
The accident happened at Nithi Bridge, Maara Constituency Tharaka-Nithi County in Eastern Kenya. The twelve were on their way back home from a dowry ceremony.
Fatal Nithi Bridge accident that claimed 12 lives. Photo/ Dennis Dibondo
The vehicle lost control and hit another. The private van was ferrying joyful occupants who had just attended a cheerful dowry ceremony.
The 12 were from an event to seek parental blessings in Kirirwa Nkubu Meru County and were headed home, Rongai in Kajiado.
The ten seater van, which was travelling from Meru -Nairobi collided with an empty Miraa van which had delivered Khat and was heading back to Meru.
The accident involved 4 vehicles as confirmed by area Police Commander Zacheaus Ng'eno.
Nithi Bridge blackspot where 12 people perished on Saturday night. Photo/Dennis Dibondo
"The van was in the wrong lane when the accident occurred. We have collected ten bodies of adults and two children," Ngeno said.
He said the accident happened at 9 pm on Saturday. The police boss urged drivers to be extra cautious when they approach the blackspot bridge.
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