Seven people died when a matatu driver rammed into another matatu in a bid to stop it from picking passengers in Kerugoya, Kirinyaga county.
The driver of the first matatu had reportedly stopped at an undesignated place outside the bus-stop, when the management of Kukena Sacco sent the second to deter him.
Both matatus belong to the Sacco.
The driver rammed into the rear of the first matatu killing six people on the spot while the seventh died in hospital.
Transport was paralysed at the Kerugoya town stage as members of the public vowed not to allow the Sacco to operate citing unruly matatu crew and appealed to NTSA to intervene.
Despite taken by the National Transport and Safety Authority to curb road carnage, over 60 lives have been lost since January 2016 and an estimated 3,000 deaths occur annually.
About 11 people have died in road carnage since February, including three deaths caused by motorists who were allegedly along Thika Superhighway.
On Tuesday, four people died while nine were injured when a bus collided head-on with an oncoming matatu at a location said to be a on the Naivasha-Nakuru Highway.
A police officer was killed after a matatu veered off Mombasa road and hit him.
NTSA reported 54 people died in this year, with most road accidents occuring between five in the evening and 10 o’clock at night.
