SHEPPEY CROSSING CRASH: CALLS FOR SPEED RESTRICTIONS...

<div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><img alt="Crash scene" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69669000/jpg/_69669086_019173532-1.jpg" /></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><br /></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">There are calls for lighting and speed restrictions on a bridge in Kent where 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Eight people have serious injuries and a further 35 also needed hospital treatment following the pile-up on the Sheppey crossing on Thursday.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">David Bizley from the RAC said: "It was a miracle that nobody was killed."</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The A249 bridge was closed for nine hours while the wreckage was cleared. It partially reopened at 17:30 BST.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Some reports said the series of crashes went on for 10 minutes.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Those involved in the collisions described a mass of tangled cars, lorries and vans.</div><span class="cross-head" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.231em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Warning signs</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Mr Bizley said improvements in car design had helped protect occupants.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Edmund King from the AA said: "As a minimum we would like to see matrix warning signs either side of the bridge, so if there is severe weather it can advise that people should slow down.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">"There's a good case here for reducing the speed, particularly when there's bad weather."</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Councillor Ken Pugh from Swale Borough Council said he had been campaigning for lighting and speed restrictions since the bridge was opened in 2006.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">"If the bridge had been lit properly and speed signs had come up, perhaps the tragedy would not have happened," he said.</div><span class="cross-head" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.231em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">No hard shoulder</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The £100m four-lane crossing connects the Isle of Sheppey with mainland Kent.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">It is three-quarters of a mile (1.25km) long and rises to 115ft (35m) at its highest point.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">In 2006 the then Chief Constable of Kent, Mike Fuller, said there were "significant concerns" over the safety of the bridge.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">They included no emergency telephones, lighting, or hard shoulder.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Mr Fuller also called for a speed limit reduction on the bridge - it is currently the national limit of 70mph.</div>

SHEPPEY CROSSING CRASH: CALLS FOR SPEED RESTRICTIONS...

There are calls for lighting and speed restrictions on a bridge in Kent where 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog...

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TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AS MORE THAN 100 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN A SERIES OF CRASHES IN THICK FOG ON THE A249 SHEPPEY CROSSING IN KENT...

<h3 id="\"story_continues_1\"" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Titillium Web', sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">.</h3><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_257429" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 632px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 474px;"><a href="http://in2eastafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/A249-Sheppey-crossing.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Witnesses described "horrendous scenes" with cars under lorries and people on the floor" class="size-full wp-image-257429" height="261" src="http://in2eastafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/A249-Sheppey-crossing.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px none; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: auto;" width="464" /></span></a><br /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098); border: 0px; bottom: 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; margin-left: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 18px !important; position: absolute; right: 10px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top; z-index: 10;">Witnesses described “horrendous scenes” with cars under lorries and people on the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">floor</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Six of those hurt in the collisions, at about 07:15 BST, are thought to have <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">serious injuries</span>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Early reports suggested up to 40 vehicles were involved, but police later said more than 100 had crashed.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Firefighters said they had freed five people from their vehicles on the southbound carriageway.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">About 200 people have minor injuries.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">One witness said visibility was very poor but <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">drivers</span> were approaching the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">crossing</span> with no lights.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">Driver</span> Martin Stammers said the scene was “horrendous” and described seeing cars under lorries and people lying on thefloor.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">He said visibility was about 10 to 20 yards when he approached the bridge and saw five cars smashed into each other with one across the outside lane.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">He managed to squeeze through a gap between that car and the central <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">reservation</span>, he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">“For 10 minutes afterwards, all we could hear was screeching, cars thudding into each other, lorries crashing,” he added.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">He said he and his son ran to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: top;">warn</span> other drivers and warn cars to slow down.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">“Later, a woman came up to us sobbing saying ‘thank you, thank you, you saved my life’,” he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">Ch Insp Andy Reeves said the crash was over a “protracted area” with undamaged vehicles between others which had collided.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;">He said there were a number of injuries but no-one had died.</div><div class="wpInsert wpInsertInPostAd wpInsertMiddle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 300px;"><ins style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; display: inline-table; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; width: 300px;"><ins id="aswift_2_anchor" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; visibility: visible; 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TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AS MORE THAN 100 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN A SERIES OF CRASHES IN THICK FOG ON THE A249 SHEPPEY CROSSING IN KENT...

. Witnesses described “horrendous scenes” with cars under lorries and people on the  floor Six of those hurt in the collisions, at about 07:...

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KENYA SETS ASIDE SH2 MILLION FOR NTULELE BUS CRASH VICTIMS BURIAL....

<h3 style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://in2eastafrica.net/wp-content/themes/NewsNew/images/smalldot.gif); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: none; color: #343638; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 25px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">NAIROBI, KENYA</strong>: State has agreed to foot burial expenses of the 41 accident victims who perished at Ntulele last week after a city to city bus crashed in the area along Nairobi-Narok highway.</h3><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_256694" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #090909; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; width: 610px;"><a href="http://in2eastafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/The-wreckage-of-the-%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98City-to-City%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99-bus-that-crashed-in-Ntulele-Narok-County-on-Wednesday-night.jpg" style="color: #710f0c; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="The wreckage of the "City to City"€™ bus that crashed in Ntulele, Narok County, on Wednesday night. PHOTO:BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD" class="size-full wp-image-256694" height="320" src="http://in2eastafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/The-wreckage-of-the-%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98City-to-City%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99-bus-that-crashed-in-Ntulele-Narok-County-on-Wednesday-night.jpg" style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">The wreckage of the “City to City”€™ bus that crashed in Ntulele, Narok County, on <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">Wednesday night</span>. PHOTO:BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The government on Wednesday announced that it will purchase <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">coffins</span> and transport bodies of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">the deceased</span> to their resting places.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Homabay women representatives Gladys Wanga confirmed to Standard that the government through the Homabay County Commissioner has allocated Sh2 million for the expenses.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“I am happy to report that the government through the county commissioner has given out Sh 2 million towards meeting the expenses of the funeral,” Ms Wanga said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The legislator said <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">the amount</span> will help in buying coffins and meeting transport costs to the victims’ homes.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">She said by Wednesday, 30 out of the 41 victims’ homes have been traced with most of the bodies moved to Homabay from Narok, adding that only three are still in Narok.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">“Majority of the dead were from our county and we have traced their relatives whom we are working with to agree on the burial <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">programmes</span>,” Ms Wanga who has been coordinating the events in Homabay said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The ODM legislator said local leaders and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">the families</span> of the deceased were currently consulting with a view of planning a join requiem <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">mass</span> for the victims.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The 41 perished on Thursday last week, when the City to City bus was involved in the fatal accident in Ntulele, near Narok. Majority of the dead were headed to the lakeside couth of Homabay.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Already the owner of the bus and the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">driver</span> have been charged in court for operating a bus that did not comply with TLB rules.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The accident only came a month after 13 students from various <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;">secondary schools</span> in Kisii County died in a grisly accident which was blamed in overloading and driving at night.</div>

KENYA SETS ASIDE SH2 MILLION FOR NTULELE BUS CRASH VICTIMS BURIAL....

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BUS DRIVER CHARGED OVER DEATH OF 42 PEOPLE IN NAROK ACCIDENT....

<div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;"><img alt="Steve Mutia, the driver of the ill fated bus that killed 42 people at Ntulele, Narok. PHOTO/FILE" class="photo_article" src="http://www.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/1979638/highRes/571564/-/maxw/600/-/ltqhyn/-/bus.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 711.8125px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"></span></div><div id="photo_article_caption" style="color: grey; font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Steve Mutia, the driver of the ill fated bus that killed 42 people at Ntulele, Narok</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">The driver of the bus that crashed in Ntulele on the Mai Mahiu-Narok road killing 42 passengers has been charged before a Narok court with causing death by dangerous driving.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Mr Steve Mutia who surrendered to the police in Nairobi on Tuesday Morning was charged with 42 counts of causing death by dangerous driving.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">The suspect who went missing after the accident of the City to City company bus last Thursday was also charged with driving unroadworthy public service vehicle.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">He was also charged with driving a vehicle not fitted with a speed governors, leaking left shock absorbers, driving a vehicle without safety belt buckles, missing two right rear wheels and worn out tyres.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">He is also charged with driving without an inspections sticker contrary to Traffic Act.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Mr Mutia who was unrepresented denied the 43 counts and was ordered to deposit Sh1 million bond with a surety of a the same amount or deposit a Sh500,000 cash bail.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;"><strong>BUS OWNER</strong></div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Narok resident Magistrate Zainab Abdul ordered the driver to appear in court on September 18, 2013. The case will be heard on November 18 this year.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Mr Mutia went into hiding after the bus he was driving on August 29 veered off the road and rolled leaving 42 people dead and 44 others injured.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">The accident occured at Ntulele on the Maai-Mahiu-Narok Road on Thursday after leaving Nairobi for Homa Bay.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">He was charged two days after the owner of the ill-fated bus was also charged in the same court with operating defective vehicles.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Businessman Mohammed Sheikh was also charged with failing to keep a record of his drivers.</div></div><div style="font-family: ColfaxRegular, 'AvantGardeGothicITCW01B 731069', 'Nimbus Sans TW01', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'ITC Century W01 Light'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15.600000000000001px;">Mr Sheikh was charged alongside four other drivers of the bus company who were all accused of driving defective motor vehicles.</div></div>

BUS DRIVER CHARGED OVER DEATH OF 42 PEOPLE IN NAROK ACCIDENT....

Steve Mutia, the driver of the ill fated bus that killed 42 people at Ntulele, Narok The driver of the bus that crashed in Ntulele on the Ma...

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