Several Injured After A grisly Accident Along Sagana Road

The lorry further rammed into six other vehicles. 

Reports obtained by this publication indicated that two matatus were from 2NK Sacco, and, were transporting various students to their designated schools.

They were on their way to Nyeri High, Endarasha Boys in Kieni, and Kaheti schools in Mukurwe-ini.

Those who were hurt were taken immediately to Murang'a county hospital, according to police officers who talked to the media.

Five of the vehicles had been towed away to the closest police station at the time this article was published, leaving two vehicles (a lorry and a personal vehicle) at the scene.

15:16 A lorry carrying keg containers loses control on Nairobi- Nyeri highway just before Sagana. Several vehicles involved in the accident causing heavy traffic. Casualties reported and the injured tak https://t.co/X3SMuphzLA pic.twitter.com/a8rhPdn6v1 via @MutumaoNkanata

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The incident occurs on the day that, under the Ministry of Education's instructions, pupils returned to class following a two-week break.

The accident comes at a time schools were to open on Thursday 18th following Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha`s directive.

Magoha had directed that all schools open on the 18th after the general elections exercise that took place on Aust 9th.

Magoha said that beginning on Tuesday, August 2, all students from all institutes of basic education would begin their half-term holiday. Classes would resume on Thursday, August 11.
He said that the message superseded the earlier one in which the Ministry had established Saturday, August 6, as the deadline for closure.