45 Bus Kills Over 8 People After It Loses Control and Ploughs Into Traders

Over 8 people are feared dead this evening after a bus plying Nairobi’s route 45 lost control and ploughed into roadside traders in Githurai terminus, Kenyan media reports.

 

The ill-fated bus belonging to the Paradiso Bus Company was ferrying passengers from the CBD when its brakes failed while at the busy terminus. 

“8 killed on the spot in Githurai 45 when Paradiso bus from town reportedly lost its brakes on Thika Rd, running over roadside traders,” Larry Modowo, a television journalist, updated on his Twitter handle. 

Photographs from citizen journalist showed crowds milling around several bodies lying on the section of newly refurbished Thika Superhighway. 

Traders dealing in vegetables, clothes, and mali mali often occupy by the roadside around the Githurai bus terminus.  

“Paradiso is amongst the buses that cruise recklessly on Thika Road,” a Twitter update read.  

Accidents involving buses have been in the increase especially following the refurbishing of the road connecting Nairobi and Thika.