According to eyewitnesses, trouble started after the driver knocked down the student as he crossed the road then defied orders to stop. "We heard the child writhing in pain but when we tried to stop the driver, he ignored us," Moses Gichuki said. A truck driver escaped lynching at Kikopey trading centre after he knocked down a primary school child then tried to escape. He said a matatu driver who witnessed the events unfold made an initiative of blocking the road in front of the trailer forcing the driver to stop. "I was guilty but noticed that the situation might turn ugly because of how the residents had interpreted it.

Source: The Star June 11, 2016 11:24 UTC