By WAWERU WAIRIMUMore by this AuthorA boda boda rider traveling to Isiolo died on the spot Friday evening after a head-on collision with a lorry at Maili Saba in Meru County. And while police claim that the incident happened before 7pm, a boda boda rider who was behind the ill-fated one told the Nation that both were heading towards Isiolo when the man, only identified as Kithinji, was knocked down at around 8:30pm. HIT LORRYHe said the dead rider rammed into an oncoming lorry as he tried to evade a police vehicle parked in the middle of the road shortly after he had dropped a passenger. JOINING HIGHWAYBuuri Sub-County Police Commander Joseph Asugo confirmed the incident but said the rider rammed into the lorry as he was getting into the highway from a feeder road. Another boda boda rider reportedly died in Isiolo town on Friday night after he rammed into a stationary lorry as he ran away from police officers who were allegedly beating him up.

Source: Daily Nation March 29, 2020 09:33 UTC