The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended all Modern Coast Bus operations.
Suspension of Modern Coast operations came following the Tharaka Nithi accident which killed at least 30 passengers.
Moreover, NTSA Director General George Njau, reported that thorough multi-agency probe into the crash and an evaluation of the operator’s safety operational standards is currently underway.
Additionally, Njau noted that the operations of all thirty-one vehicles belonging to Modern Coast Bus will be stopped for this period.
The said accident occurred on Sunday, July 24 at about 6pm when the Modern Coast bus hit an oncoming vehicle and plunged into the river, about 40 meters down.
Unfortunately, 20 people died on the spot while six others were pronounced dead on arrival in hospital.
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Nonetheless, the search and rescue was called off until Monday morning when six more bodies were retrieved.
According to Police reports, preliminary investigations had shown that the Modern Coast bus plunged into the river due to brake failure at the bridge.
The Tharaka Nithi Bridge has been marked a black spot due to the high number of accidents that have occurred there.
Furthermore, one of the local police officers reported that they were experiencing challenges while retrieving the bodies as they feared that some of the bodies may have been swept away.
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