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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>One of the survivors of a grisly road accident that killed three students of Chogoria Girls High School along with their driver has recounted the events leading up to the road carnage.<\/p>\n

The Saturday morning, December 18 incident consequently claimed four lives, while the rest of the students who were on board incurred critical injuries. Emergency service providers rushed them to a nearby hospital for first aid treatment and admission.<\/p>\n

Recounting the ordeal, the lorry driver who collided with the 14-seater matatu, narrated how the accident occurred rapidly, giving him little chance to salvage the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe matatu was trying to overtake a trailer. There were a couple of cars ahead of the trailer as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the (matatu) driver trying to sneak from behind the trailer attempting to overtake, but at first I didn\u2019t flash lights to try and stop him,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

The lorry driver further recounted how he tried veering off the road in an attempt to evade the oncoming danger but couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he finally decided to overtake, I saw the two students on the front seat raise their arms in distress and knew that I had to try to evade what was forthcoming,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a ditch on the side of the road so there was little I could do. But I opted to swerve to my left, on the road\u2019s shoulders. Unfortunately, the matatu driver also veered off to that direction, and met us head-on,\u201d the driver, who spotted a bandaged forehead sympathised.<\/p>\n

At the hospital where the other survivors were checked in, aggrieved parents castigated the Matatu Sacco and implored the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to take action against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received this news with a very heavy heart. It\u2019s a very sad time for most of us especially at this time of the year,\u201d said one of the parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to urge the NTSA to take action against the Matatu Sacco so that we can curb such instances in future.”<\/p>\n

The matatu had 11 students on board, all from Chogoria Girls High School, while the lorry was ferrying potatoes towards Kirinyaga.<\/p>\n

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