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Waiyaki Way accident: One dead, passengers and crew trapped in bus


One person is feared dead and scores injured after a bus lost control and plunged into a flooded section on Waiyaki Way near Kangemi in Nairobi.

Rescue teams are currently battling to rescue passengers and crew trapped in the vehicle.

The mini bus belonging to Super Metro Sacco crashed at a slippery section of the busy road.

The morning accident happened after rains rendered some roads in the city slippery.

The bus headed to town from Kikuyu when the it veered off the road near the fly-over and plunged into a ditch full of water.

By the time of going to press, the county rescue team was yet to arrive to the scene and the rescue operation was being led by Good Samaritans, mostly matatu crew who ply the route.

The injured were taken to Kenyatta National Hospital for treatment.