- Truck and truck collided face-to-face on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway near Mtito Andei
- The dense black smoke and flames spread to the scene of the accident, causing traffic congestion to stop as emergency teams rushed to the scene
- The number of lives is still unknown, with rescue operations going on and the authorities have not yet issued a formal statement
A fatal road accident occurred in the Kanga area along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway near Mtito Andei, involving an oil truck and a trailer.
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According to earlier reports, the eight o'clock in the morning was a face -to -face collision between an oil truck and a trailer.
The impact of the crash caused the oil ship to burn, and send a lot of black smoke into the sky.
Unconfirmed reports say that both drivers lost their lives in the crash, while several other drivers suffered injuries.
Traffic on the sidewalks was severely interrupted, with long lashes emerging as emergency staff worked on road cleaning.
Videos that TUKO.co.ke has thrown an eye on the damaged vehicles, with shocked drivers watching in the distance.
The tragic accident is another addition to the increase in road deaths in the country, especially on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
A bus full of passengers burned down the Tito Andei
In 2024, a passenger car (PSV) traveling to Mombasa from Nairobi was set on fire in the Mtito Andei area, inside the Tsavo national park.
Photos from the scene caught the car of the Coast Bus company that was set on fire before it was completely destroyed. To Luck Good, all the passengers and the driver were safely released before the bus became ashes.
Reports indicate that the fire was fueled by brake water on the rear wheel. After they were moved, passengers were moved to the rescue bus and continued their journey to Mombasa without any incident.
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Accidents involving oil ships poses serious risk because of the high risk of an explosion, which often leads to serious consequences.
Often, locals rush to pull fuel from overturned ships, not knowing the danger coming.
One similar tragic incident occurred in 2021 in Gem Sub -County, Siaya, where about 13 people lost their lives when an oil truck exploded when residents tried to collect fuel from the overturned trailer.
Injuries have been reported after an oil truck exploded on a busy highway
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The ship, which was transporting oil from Mombasa to Kampala, lost control and overturned on the Kisumu-Busia highway. Despite the obvious danger, residents ran to the scene with a jerk, and then the car was set on fire and caused the deaths of several people and others to burn.
4 people died after an oil shipping truck exploded in the Eldoret-Webye highway
The same disaster occurred in March 2023 on the Eldoret-Webuye highway, where at least four people perished, and several others suffered injuries after an oil tract exploded.
The blaze was burning during clashes between police officers and residents, who ignored warnings and tried to suck the liquid that could burn before the car burned down.
Eyewitnesses said the explosion occurred when police fired tears in the air to disperse the crowd that had begun to emerge.
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