BONJE ACCIDENT

By EMMANUEL BOAZ. Two students are confirmed dead and thirty others slightly injured and are receiving treatment at the Coast General Hospital. The accident involved a college bus that was carrying P1 second year students of the private college known as St Mary’s Teachers Training College belonging to the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa. “The bus waved to the right then left right again and it lastly overturned on the left side of the road” said Evans Krop one of the students who survived the accident. The bus was headed for Mombasa from Taita Taveta County where the students were supposed to have a one day educational trip. Accompanying the students were 4 teachers including the principal of the College Mr Dennis Onzombi and his deputy Mr Collince. The vicar general Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa Fr. Wilybard Lagho said that it is a sad occurrence that needs to be looked into to vividly know the exact cause of the accident. The traffic commander Mr Joshua Omkata said “the terrain of the area was provided by nature and we should take care of this nature, the series of accidents that have occurred as this area should be taken as a learning experience in that the drivers should take care and a lot of caution should be taken by drivers as they approach the black spot area.” “Concrete barriers are to be constructed at the middle of the road by the Kenya national highway authority in order to prevent further injuries in the area,” added Mr Omkata. Reaching at the hospital many of the patients who had succumbed minor injuries had been discharged. Three patients were still at the hospital with two in the ward and one being attended to in the ICU. We managed to talk to one of the culprits Mr Morris Mcharo who confirmed saying that he never exactly knew what had happened. “The car started to sway in a zigzag manner and from there he lost consciousness and he recovered back when i was in the ambulance heading to hospital,” mr Morris said “He was a trusted driver and we had traveled with him to many occasions of this sought” Mr Morris added. The sisters of the Catholic Archdiocese had also visited the hospital to know the health status of their students. This incident comes just two weeks after another fatal accident between a lorry that lost control and claimed 15 people at the same area. It is alleged that 17 black spots that were erected at the same area were vandalized together with the road rails at the middle of the road.