Three people died while several others were injured after three matatus collided at Gigiri on Limuru Road on Monday.
"Five of the victims were
taken to Kenyatta National Hospital in critical condition", St John Ambulance
Communications Manager
Fred Majiwa said.
The 5.00am incident caused traffic
snarl
up along the busy road, but police were immediately deployed to facilitate movement of vehicles.
The Star circulation executive is among the people who were injured during the accident.
Peterson Ongaga who is currently at the KNH was injured on the head.
"Approximately 15 newspapers were stolen after the collision of the matatu's," he told the star on Phone on Monday.
On April, NTSA said the
number of across the country between January and March rose to 827 from 725 in the same period last year.
The National Transport and Safety Authority said this is a 14.1 per cent rise in road fatalities.
The number of pedestrians killed was highest at 326, followed by passengers at 176 and cyclists at 139.
The NTSA said in January that
, pedestrians and motorists reporting 60 per cent of the fatalities in 2015.
Last year between January and September,
in road crashes compared to 2,184 in the same period in 2014.
