One dead, three injured at Sachang'wan

 UN pickup truck. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

One person has died and three others injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Sachang'wan area along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway.

Molo Sub-County Police Commander Samuel Mukusi confirmed the accident saying that police officers are processing the scene.

A police officer at the scene. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

First responder Rachael Maru said that the accident involved a trailer, a pickup truck, and a private car. "The trailer had failed brakes and rammed into a private car which had four passengers on board. It then crashed into a pickup truck belonging to the United Nations which had two people on board," said Maru.

She explained that the driver of the trailer died on the spot while a passenger in the private car and two in the UN pickup truck were injured and rushed to a Nakuru hospital.

Accident scene. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

According to Pastor Joel Too, the trailer was stopped by a median barrier erected in the middle of the highway to separate traffic flowing in the opposite directions. "The trailer careened along the highway for more than a hundred meters occasionally ramming into the barrier. It then knocked the two vehicles off the road. Without the barrier there would have been more casualties," said Too.

The trailer was stopped by a median barrier. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]