The torched bus./FILE



At least 50 passengers escaped unhurt when a group of rogue boda-boda riders attacked and burnt a bus after it was involved in a fatal accident in Salgaa, Nakuru County.

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Police said the accident left a boda-boda rider fatally injured after the bus hit him on Monday dawn. This is the latest such terrible tragedy to happen and threatened the lives of passengers.

The passengers were left stranded in the cold and for hours. Police said no one was injured in the accident and subsequent drama but property were burnt.

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The bus was racing towards Eldoret direction from Nakuru when it collided with an oncoming rider.

This happened as the driver tried to overtake at the scene, police said. The Scania bus killed the rider on the spot forcing the driver to stop to attend to the scene at about 1 am.

The torched bus./FILE

Few moments later a group of other riders arrived at the scene and turned rowdy. This forced the bus driver to escape the scene as the passengers present disembarked.

The mob stoned the 65-seater bus and later set it on fire in anger. Police arrived at scene moments later and found it on fire and nothing was salvaged. It was burnt to a shell.

The passengers were taken to the local police station to report the matter before the wreckage was towed away hours later. Police said they are investigating the incident.

The incident caused a huge traffic jam on the busy stretch for hours before normal traffic flow was restored, police said.

The incident, which left the bus completely destroyed and caused heavy traffic disruptions, has sparked condemnation from the Motorists Association of Kenya and renewed fears over the rising trend of mob justice by boda-boda riders following road accidents.

This is the latest such incident to happen in the past two months. Up to five vehicles have been burnt by the riders after fatal accidents. The incidents happened in the city and along Thika Road.

They all remain under probe, police said on Saturday. There are calls to regulate the boda-boda industry at large as part of efforts to address such incidents. Police said they are investigating the incidents.