Four people died in a multiple vehicle accident at Embassy area on Nyeri-Mweiga highway on Tuesday. Three others were injured in the 3pm incident involving three personal cars and a lorry.
Joseph Kinyanjui, the lorry driver, is said to have lost control while trying to overtake another lorry. Nyeri Central Divisional Police commander Muinde Kioko said Kinyanjui was unhurt and is in police custody on suspicion that he was drunk at the time of the accident.
Witnesses said the lorry, which was transporting animal feeds, rammed into three oncoming vehicles after losing control. The first vehicle to be hit had a male and female passenger who died on the spot.
The driver of the second vehicle died as other motorists and police attempted to rescue him from the mangled wreckage. Occupants of the third vehicle escaped with minor injuries. The deceased were taken to Nyeri Referral Hospital morgue, while the wreckages were towed to Nyeri Central Police Station.