One killed as 8 vehicles collide at Kinungi blackspot<br />One person has died and several others have been injured after eight vehicles collided at the Kinungi blackspot on the Naivasha-Nairobi highway.<br />Those injured in the the morning incident were rushed to the Naivasha Sub-County Referral Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.<br />Naivasha Sub-County Police Commander Samuel Waweru said the person who died was travelling in a Nairobi-bound matatu which was hit by a truck.<br />"The truck driver headed towards Naivasha was trying to avoid the accident scene when his vehicle collided with an oncoming matatu," Mr Waweru explained.<br />He said that moments earlier, two vehicles had collided headed on, and were still at the scene when the second accident happened.<br />"The vehicles were using a single lane when the multiple crash occurred after the truck hit the matatu. Several other vehicles rammed into the rear of the truck," added Mr Waweru.<br />A motorist, Mr Timothy Siran, who was at the scene of the early morning accident, said the truck driver was speeding at the time of the incident.<br />"He (truck driver) said his vehicle had brake failure, occasioning the crash," Mr Siran said.<br />The accident caused a huge traffic snarl up along the busy road.<br />Some impatient drivers caused further gridlock after they overlapped, further aggravating the situation.<br />The stretch along the busy Nakuru-Nairobi highway is a known blackspot.
