Kilifi: 2 people died, 4 were injured after a trailer hit a tourist car on the road

On Wednesday, December 11, a fatal accident occurred in Mariakani Maji Ya Chumvi area of Kilifi county
A police report seen by TUKO.co.ke shows two Polish tourists died on the spot after a trailer hit their car
The accident comes weeks after the Police released a report showing that more Kenyans have died in road accidents since January 2024 compared to 2023

Kilifi – At least two people have been confirmed dead following a fatal accident on the Mombasa highway.

Police at the scene of the previous accident (left) and the accident sign (right). Photo: James Kamau/NPS.
Source: UGC

The accident on Wednesday, December 11, involved a tourist car from the Netherlands and a trailer in the Mariakani Maji Ya Chumvi area.

How did the Mariakani accident happen?

The police report that TUKO.co.ke saw shows that two Polish citizens died on the spot, while two other tourists, their driver and tour guide, were injured and taken to the hospital after the accident that happened at one in the morning.

Preliminary investigations show that the trailer driver was trying to overtake another vehicle in a dangerous manner, causing a head-on collision with a tourist vehicle that was heading to Nairobi.

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“It was on 11/12/2024 at 1:20 in the morning in the Salt Water area on the Mombasa Highway to Nairobi. Abdul Omar Mlatia was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser tourist car from Diani to Nairobi. When he arrived at the place accident, he collided face to face with a Mercedes Actros trailer driven by an unknown driver who fled after the accident, after passing other vehicles in a dangerous way.

As a result of the collision, two foreign (male) Polish passengers died on the spot (names withheld until their families are notified), and four other people were injured,” the police report said.

The road is known to be dangerous due to the high number of fatal accidents recorded every year.

The accident caused heavy traffic on the busy road as the police and a group of residents struggled to remove the wreckage of the damaged vehicles.

Photos of the scene seen by TUKO.co.ke showed people from a distance watching the incident as rescuers were pulling out people who were stuck inside the tourist vehicle.