Matatu Accident Claims Four Lives In Machakos
On Wednesday morning in Machakos County, a traffic collision claimed the lives of four people including three adults and a child.
Lydia Kadima 
According to Mose Nthiwa, deputy police commander for Machakos said the incident took place in Kithini in the Machakos sub-county.
The police chief claimed that the car was overloaded because there were 17 people inside when the incident occurred at 9 am.
"The vehicle lost control and overturned. Three passengers, all adults, died on the spot while one juvenile lost his life at Machakos Level 5 Hospital," Nthiwa said.
All of the injured were taken to Machakos Level 5 Hospital. Some of the patients, received care at the same facility and were later released in stable condition.
Nthiwa said that the victims were sent to the morgue of the same hospital while the vehicle's debris was hauled to Machakos police station for inspection.
Nthiwa advised drivers to obey all traffic laws and ordinances and urged drivers to use caution on the road in order to prevent needless collisions.
Speaking in Nakuru during an impromptu inspection of PSVs along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway, on July 3 government spokesman Cyrus Oguna, said the number of fatalities in traffic accidents has increased by more than 10.5% in the country.
He said that 2,272 fatalities from road accidents had been reported between January and June of this year, in comparison to 2,057 over the same period last year.
Oguna highlighted private vehicles, with 253 incidents, had the greatest percentage of involvement in deadly accidents.
He said that the majority of accidents were as a result of driver negligence and just a small number were mechanical in nature.
