Trailer carrying bulldozer hurtles off road and mows down classroom wall: PHOTOS

By , K24 Digital
On Tue, 27 Oct, 2020 17:10 | 2 mins read
The driver was rescued from the damaged driver’s compartment. No other person was injured in the crash. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]
The driver was rescued from the damaged driver’s compartment. No other person was injured in the crash. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]
The driver was rescued from the damaged driver’s compartment. No other person was injured in the crash. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]

The driver of an auto transport trailer on Tuesday morning (October 27) lost control and rammed into a classroom at Mikeu Primary School in Bahati Constituency, Nakuru County.

Eyewitnesses, who spoke to K24 Digital, said the trailer, which was carrying a bulldozer, hurtled off the road at Dundori Trading Centre and ploughed into the classroom.

The accident occurred a few minutes past noon. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]

It remains unclear what led to the driver of the flat truck to lose control of the trailer.

The driver was rescued from the damaged driver’s compartment. No other person was injured in the crash.

The flat truck was transporting a bulldozer at the time of the crash. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]

Bahati OCPD Jacinta Mwarania told K24 Digital that there were no pupils in the classroom at the time of the accident, which occurred a few minutes past noon.

The driver of the auto transport trailer escaped with minor injuries. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]

Residents now want more speed bumps erected at the trading centre, saying several fatal accidents have, in the past, happened at the same spot.

In August 2019, a truck lost control and rammed ten other vehicles in the area, resulting in three deaths.

Residents want speed bumps erected at the Dundori Trading Centre to avert such accidents in the future. [PHOTO: ELIJAH CHERUTICH | K24 DIGITAL]

Related Topics