Shaffie Weru: I wasn’t involved in c*r crash

Media personality Shaffie Weru has dismissed reports circulating on social media that he was involved in a car crash on the Northern Bypass on Saturday morning.

Pictures of a damaged black-coloured Mercedes G-Wagon were shared on Facebook and Twitter with captions suggesting Shaffie Weru was at the wheel when the accident occurred at around 10am on Saturday.

Social media influencer Xtian Dela tweeted that he had confirmed Shaffie Weru was the accident victim.

Dela put up the Twitter post to allay online users’ worries that his close friend, Citizen TV news anchor Jeff Koinange, was the one involved in the accident.

“I have just talked to @KoinangeJeff. He is fine. He is on his way to Baringo. The G-Wagon involved in the accident was with Shaffie Weru and not Jeff Koinange,” said Dela on Twitter Saturday afternoon.

Speaking to K24 Digital on phone, Shaffie Weru refuted the claims.

“I was not involved in any car crash, whatsoever. I had gone there to help the accident victim, who is my friend. If you keenly look at the pictures doing the rounds on social media, you will spot me wearing slippers and a pair of shorts, trying to assist where I can. That should tell you that I wasn’t involved in the accident. My friend, who was on his way to Nairobi from a golf event out of town, was involved in the crash after a commercial truck rammed his car on the front side,” said Shaffie Weru, who did not reveal the name of the said-friend.

Shaffie Weru says that his crony, who escaped unscathed in the crash, was taken to Aga Khan Hospital, where he was treated and discharged.

The Nairobi Northern Bypass Highway connects the neighbourhood of Ruaka to the neighbourhood of Ruiru, both in Kiambu County.