Wednesday morning a fatal accident occurred at a train interjection in Mutindwa,Buru Buru,claiming 11 lives and scores injured. Many questions and blame game has taken toll as to who should take responsibility of the accident.

Nairobi Exposed was present at the scene to bring facts into books on what is now a crisis in the city's commuters scene. As of press time residents have vowed not to board the feted buses which forms the majority of Eastlands' transport means.

The puzzle as to how the 31-seater town bound Ummoiner bus' driver failed to double check and notice the oncoming train boggles many.

The driver and the conductor of the bus escaped unhurt raising more questions. It's said the bus was competing to overtake another bus which was ahead,despite being stopped by the police,the unruly driver speed off and the unbelievable happened,he didn't check on the side at the train's interjection point,the bus mysteriously stopped at the train interjection point and engine failed to starts. By then the speedingtrain was coming red lights and because of nature mechanisms of no emergency break,it rammed into the bus which was loaded with 31 passengers and it emerges more passengers were standing.

However before the fatal ramming the driver and conductor jumped out on sensing the danger leaving the rest to be crushed. The bus was pushed along the line 200metres away crushing it into pieces,running and smashing bodies,people who were standing along the line were not spared and swept away with the tragic flow.

Though red Cross and police records place the fatalities at 11 an eyewitness talking to NE says there were more "I saw countless bodies,i'm not sure of the number but they are more than that,people were smashed like minced meat with body parts scattered all over. This is a horrible scene to think of"

A man and his wife who were in their saloon car waiting to cross  weren't spared either and were unfortunately crashed too.

Key questions arising,was this a negligence case or accident? The train normally hoots like kilometres away before reaching the Mutindwa interjection to warn the traders and any car coming. How the driver failed to hear the loud hooting remains a puzzle. The bus conductor told the press that the music inside the bus was too loud to hear the hooting. But one asks before crossing the railway line why didn't the driver check to make the way was clear before crossing.

A frequent Ummoiner commuter tells NE,"the music in those buses is deafening,the drivers are ever speeding,i'm told they were racing and didn't bother to check the oncoming train,i'm not surprised they've crossed that place without opening eyes."

A cop who was just meters away from the accident scene says,"this boy(driver) is unruly he came in high speed,I waved him to stop but ignored throwing hand at me,few seconds later he killed people" says the cop.

In your own observation who is to blame in this and was it accident or negligence? Suggest possible solutions

12 comments:

  1. Are you the Admin of the Ummoinner Sacco facebook and Twitter accounts? COz ur Grammar is similar

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  2. Loud music MUST be banned. Overspeeding should be checked time and again

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  3. hahahah ^^^^^^ your grammar is similar. u made my day. many questions and blame game....the engine failed to starts...ignored throwing hand at me.....the unruly driver speed off...he came in high speed...without opening eyes....and i just picked a few

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  4. Simple... Put a leash on matatu drivers. It appears like there is no traffic department but a matatu department instead.

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  5. Umoinner drivers are the most reckless i have come across just last saturday my best friend almost fell off the bus just the same spot, mutindwa, the conductors refused to let the bus stop saying they were in a hurry, its funny how they have power over cops, the drivers drink as they drive and last weekend i spotted a number of them and also smoking in the bus. am getting a camera just for those drivers, nkt!!!!!

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  6. drivers must be careful while crossing railway line.to me the bus driver should be the one to blame even if i was to there

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  7. That (boy) must be held liable for his actions...how i wish he can be jailed for ever to serve as an example.
    The bus company should'nt be spared either,the management should re think about their motto "Commited to better services"

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  8. Double M was the best..and am told they chased them out of umoja route...I hate visiting umoja if I only think of boarding uminner thing...I wonder how a pregnant woman can survive those wreckless drivers of umoinner...the worst av ever seen...afadhali wale wa kayole...the owner should think twice...bure tu,anaelekea HELL.

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  9. i blv hii story ni lies about umoinner.... First they don't carry excess passengers,music in selected buses na the drivers are polite n cautious..... Hii ya leo was ill fate accident

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  10. They carry excess passengers,Play loud music, overlap throughout ,their conductors and drivers are unrully,overcharge people the list is endless.

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  11. This is very annoying. why put the so called ear phones while driving. Some drivers are very arrogant. God help them.

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  12. Drag umoinners name through the mad, all these are lies ati 16 drivers bila licences,,, hakuna mtu huforciwa kupanda umoinner kama yopu honestly dont prefer them kuna city hoppa city shuttle merto trans. ajali haina kinga.. i believe you all went to skul

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