A night of merrymaking ended tragically for three young people in Njoro, Nakuru County, after the vehicle they were using crashed, killing a 13-year-old girl on her way to school.
Beth Nyambura could not hold back her tears as she narrated how a 21-year-old man, who was said to have been driving under the influence, cut short the life of her daughter, Margaret Wambui.
“My children woke up at around 5am. I prepared them for school and they left at around 6.30am. Within less than three minutes of getting out of my sight, Wambui died,” said Nyambura.
Wambui, a Grade Five pupil at Mutirima Primary School, was in the company of her younger sister, a Grade One pupil at the same school, when the accident happened.
“My younger daughter came home wailing saying that her sister had been killed. She told me that a vehicle had run over them. She had injuries in her hands and legs,” said Nyambura.
Peter Ngugi, a neighbour who witnessed the accident said he ran to the road when he had a loud bang that he thought had come from a skidding vehicle.
“The vehicle was stationary in the middle of the road. It was then driven off at high speed but veered off the road when it got near the children. The younger girl was thrown off the road while the elder one was run over,” said Ngugi.
He explained that he rushed to the scene and found Wambui fighting for her life with broken limbs. She breathed her last as they were rushing her to a nearby hospital.