Mother and son killed by speeding vehicle in Sagana
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.
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