The driver of the lorry that killed 52 people on a busy road intersection in western Kenya on Friday has said the brakes on the vehicle failed.
“I stepped on the brakes but there was no response, and I couldn’t control it,” Gilbert Ntuyemungu, who is from Rwanda, told journalists from his hospital bed.
The driver says he remembers hearing people screaming and falling by the roadside – and after that he cannot recall much. He later found himself in hospital.
The truck was heading to Uganda from a Kenyan cement company when it rammed into passenger vans and roadside vendors on Friday evening.
The accident involved nine vehicles and several motorcycles.
Regional police commander Geoffrey Mayek told the BBC that once Mr Ntuyemungu had recovered and was discharged from hospital, officers would take a statement and investigations would determine whether he would face any charges.
Source: BBC