NAIROBI, Kenya, May 13 – Residents living near Kitengela police station were evacuated after a truck that had been driven there with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) started to leak.
According to a police report, officers urged those living within 500 metres of the station to evacuate as a safety measure.
The lorry had been involved in an accident along the Nairobi-Namanga highway with a Toyota Landcruiser around 2AM, leaving a driver with injuries.
Police said the trailer was being driven from Isinya towards Kitengela, before colliding head-on with the Landcruiser that was moving on the opposite direction.
This pushed the Landcruiser into a ditch injuring the driver in the head and both hands. He was rushed to St. Paul’s Hospital for treatment.
