Police truck rams residential houses in Laikipia

A police truck on Saturday night rammed into residential houses at Maina slum on the outskirts of Nyahururu town, Laikipia County.

Ndururumo Assistant Chief Purity Mumbi said the driver of the lorry lost control of the vehicle that was travelling on the Nyahururu-Rumuruti road, veered off the road and rammed into the houses.

Mumbi said members of the public managed to pull out a 10-year-old boy who had been trapped in the debris.

According to eye witness accounts, everybody was in the house at the time of the accident.

Families from the affected houses survived the accident but the boy was left with serious injuries.

The boy was rushed to Nyahururu County Referral Hospital in critical condition.

The lorry was transporting charcoal and other households items.

Those who survived narrated the incident that left them in shock.

The accident caused massive destruction of the residential houses made of timber.

Police made a ring around the lorry for fear of looting of items as locals continued to mill around the scene.

Local leaders led by Nominated MCA Irene Wacuka and area Nyumba Kumi Chair Macharia Kahwai urged the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) to fix guardrails on the road to avoid such accidents which they said were rampant in the area.

They also asked drivers to be careful while using unfamiliar roads.

The lorry belonging to the police driving school department was on Sunday morning towed to Nyahururu Police Station as investigation commences.