Motorists spend night along highway following a major traffic snarl-up

Motorists wait along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway following a major traffic jam that lasted for over 12 hours after a road accident involving a trailer and personal car near Gilgil weighbridge on Thursday evening. Tens of passengers were forced to spend the night on the section of the road after transport was paralyzed by overlapping drivers. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Tens of motorists including a group of mourners were on Thursday night forced to spend the night along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway following a major traffic snarl-up near the Gilgil weighbridge.

By Friday midday, the situation had worsened with overlapping drivers blamed as tens of police moved in to try and clear the snarl-up.