Motorists caught up in 10-hour traffic jam on Nairobi-Mai Mahiu road over trailer accidents

Trucks line up along the Mai Mahiu-Nairobi road following a traffic jam that was caused by a truck that developed mechanical breakdown near Mutarakwa center. The situation was worsened by overlapping drivers forcing traffic police to intervene before the jam was cleared hours later. (PHOTO: ANTHONY GITONGA/ STANDARD)

Hundreds of passengers spent the night in the cold following a 10-hour traffic jam along the Nairobi-Mai Mahiu road.

Transport along the busy road that serves as the door to the Great Rift Valley was paralysed following a series of accidents involving trailers.