How Salgaa stretch has turned into a death trap

The wreckage of vehicles that were involved in an accident at Migaa near Salgaa along Nakuru Eldoret highway in July. [File, Standard]

Hours after all travellers aboard an Eldoret-bound matatu died in a dawn crash two weeks ago, police were busy removing the wreckage of another vehicle from the same spot.

The accident drew sharp focus on road safety and threatened to reverse a declining trend, although pedestrians make highest statistics of traffic-related deaths.