A 32-year-old woman and her nine-year-old son were killed by a speeding vehicle at Gacharu area along the Sagana-Karatina Highway on Friday morning.
Reports indicate that a speeding, milk-ferrying pickup en route to Karatina from Sagana, ran over the mother and son as they were waiting for the boy’s school bus to pick him up for school.
Confirming the incident, Kirinyaga West Sub-County Police Commander Moses Koskei, told Citizen Digital that the vehicle’s driver turned himself in at Kiangwaci Police Station following the incident.
“We have taken the body of a 32-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son to Kibugi Funeral home waiting postmortem and the vehicle has been towed to Sagana Police Station.’ Koskei said.
Angry residents subsequently blocked the busy highway, demanding a meeting with the contractors responsible for the road, whom they accused of neglecting to include speed bumps despite the presence of numerous schools along the route.
“Accidents along this road are caused by speeding vehicles and the Chinese contractor has failed to erect bumps on the road despite children needing to cross the road to get to school,” said David Mwangi, a resident.
“We want the contractor to come here and cut the road grills and erect speed bumps. We have been writing several letters to him in vain,” Joseph Kinyua, another resident, added.
“We have taken the body of a 32-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son to Kibugi Funeral home waiting postmortem and the vehicle has been towed to Sagana Police Station.’ Koskei said.
Angry residents subsequently blocked the busy highway, demanding a meeting with the contractors responsible for the road, whom they accused of neglecting to include speed bumps despite the presence of numerous schools along the route.
“Accidents along this road are caused by speeding vehicles and the Chinese contractor has failed to erect bumps on the road despite children needing to cross the road to get to school,” said David Mwangi, a resident.
“We want the contractor to come here and cut the road grills and erect speed bumps. We have been writing several letters to him in vain,” Joseph Kinyua, another resident, added.
By Citizen Digital