WEB DESK
In Kenya, thirty four people died in central part of the country when a bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river valley. Local media reported yesterday that the incident occurred on Sunday evening in Tharaka Nithi County, when the bus belonging to the Modern Coast company travelling from Meru to the port city of Mombasa veered off the Nithi Bridge and fell into the valley 40 metres below. Initial investigations showed the bus’s brakes might have failed, preventing its driver from properly turning on a sharp bend at the bridge.
Kenya’s transport regulator, the National Transport and Safety Authority had ordered all buses belonging to Modern Coast to suspend operations pending an investigation into the crash.
Country’s National Bureau of Statistics data shows 4,579 people died in road accidents in Kenya in 2021, a 15 per cent increase from a year earlier.