A man was
disarmed and arrested after he shot into the air following an altercation at a
roadblock along the Kajiado-Namanga highway.
Police
said the victim was a licensed gun holder.
The drama
broke out on Thursday, January 23 morning after the man drove to a roadblock
erected to help the county officials collect cess at Isinya.
Witnesses
said he ran impatient and went for his pistol which he used to shoot to the air
and ground.
This was reportedly aimed at warning the county officials to open the barrier for him to pass.
The
officials instead reinforced the barrier before the police arrived there and
arrested the man.
Police
said he was expected in court for the offence of misusing his firearm.
Meanwhile,
a road rage between two drivers turned tragic when one was slashed and
seriously injured in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area.
A matatu
driver is nursing panga cuts in hospital after he was
attacked and slashed by another driver in a confrontation over the use of the
road on Wednesday, January 22 night.
Police and witnesses said the incident happened along Yussuf Haji Avenue Eastleigh.
A
motorist on a salon car is said to have attacked
and injured the driver in an argument over the use of the road.
The matatu driver had overlapped and blocked the road.
Witnesses
said the motorist confronted the matatu driver demanding he
move out of the road.
This went
physical before the motorist came out with a panga and slashed the driver inflicting deep cuts.
The motorist then dashed back to his car and sped off as bodaboda riders pursued him.
Police
joined the drama up to BBS Mall along General Waruinge Road where the driver
was blocked and flashed out of his car.
The
bodaboda riders beat him before the police arrived and saved him from the
mob lynching gang.
He was
rescued and taken into custody as another group targeted his private car.
The
matatu driver was rushed to MSF Hospital where he was referred to Kenyatta
National Hospital in a serious condition.
Police
said the motorist was detained for grilling and possible prosecution.
Cases of
road rage, which turn tragic have been on the rise.
Police
advise motorists to always solve their differences amicably and avoid
confrontations on the road.
Meanwhile, a bodaboda
rider died on the spot in an accident along the Nyaribo-Kimathi road in Nyeri
County.
Police
said the accident happened when the rider collided with an oncoming lorry.
As
a result of the impact, the rider sustained serious head injuries and multiple
fractures on both hands and legs and died on the spot.
On
board the lorry were two loaders who escaped with minor injuries.
The
body was moved to Nyeri County Referral Hospital for preservation awaiting
autopsy while both the motor vehicle and the motorcycle were removed to the
police station yard for inspection.