NAIROBI, Kenya
The Kenya National Transport
and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended the licence of Modern Coast bus
company with immediate effect.
This is after a bus registered
under the company name was involved in a tragic accident that has so far
claimed the lives of 33.
In a statement, NTSA Director
General John Njau said the order will affect the company’s 31 buses.
He added that a thorough
multi-agency investigation will be conducted to unearth the cause of the
accident.
The suspension affects the
operations of the bus company which plies a number of routes including Mombasa,
Nairobi, Malaba, Kisumu, Mumias and Kampala.
Police say the accident
occurred on Sunday evening near Nithi Bridge along Chogoria-Chuka road.
The accident involved the bus of Scania model registration number KCF 614U. The bus was from Meru heading to Chuka.
On reaching the location of
the accident, the driver lost control and veered off the road on the right-hand
side, hit the river bridge guard rail, and plunged into the river.
The police added on Sunday
update that about 13 victim’s passengers were rushed and receiving treatment at
Chuka County Referral Hospital while the bodies of deceased were moved to the
same hospital morgue pending autopsy.
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