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Worn-out tyres of the Nairobi bus that was involved in a tragic accident with a truck at Migaa area near Salgaa along the Nakuru- Eldoret Highway on December 31, 2017. [Photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
The driver of the Nairobi-bound bus that killed 38 people yesterday was overtaking on the climbing lane as it went downhill at Migaa in Nakuru.
Rift Valley Regional Coordinator Wanyama Musyambo explained the bus driver veered into the climbing lane reserved for vehicles going up the hilly section towards Eldoret as he tried to overtake a vehicle ahead of him.
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