{"id":27348,"date":"2021-05-08T17:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T17:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=27348"},"modified":"2021-05-08T16:18:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T16:18:31","slug":"family-of-5-dies-in-nairobi-mombasa-highway-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/family-of-5-dies-in-nairobi-mombasa-highway-accident","title":{"rendered":"Family of 5 Dies in Nairobi-Mombasa Highway Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Five family members died on Saturday, May 8, following a tragic accident on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, Coast traffic regional commandant Peter Maina indicated that the family was travelling from Mombasa to Nairobi when their vehicle collided head-on with a trailer going in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>The police added that four other people were critically injured and had been rushed to Kinango District Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Maina noted that there was an increase of accidents in the area. He urged motorists to follow traffic guidelines to avoid the loss of lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will be meeting with owners of public service vehicles this weekend to inform them of the new measures,&#8221; the police boss said.<\/p>\n<p>The unfortunate incident came just a day after another five people lost their lives while several others were seriously injured following a road accident in Mariakani, along the Kilifi-Mombasa highway.<\/p>\n<p>The incident involved a trailer and a hearse which collided head on, leaving two people dead on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Police Boss Ezekiel Chepkwony said that three others succumbed to injuries at the Mariakani hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) estimates that 3,000 Kenyans die from road accidents every year.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the accidents occur over the weekends, with the hours 5pm &#8211; 8am being particularly deadly.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report indicated that most accidents are attributed to human-related factors such as speeding, reckless driving, dangerous overtaking, drunk driving, failure to use helmets among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Five family members died on Saturday, May 8, following a tragic accident on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway. Confirming the incident, Coast traffic regional commandant Peter Maina indicated that the family was travelling from Mombasa to Nairobi when their vehicle collided head-on with a trailer going in the opposite direction. 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