Four people, among them three members of the same family, have Tuesday died in a grisly road crash in Embu County.
Those who perished were a mother and her two children, as well as a bodaboda rider.
The accident occurred when a motorcycle, which was carrying the woman and her children, was hit by a vehicle along the Embu-Kiritiri road.
According to residents, the car and the motor cycle were heading towards Embu town from Muraru when tragedy struck in Matakari village.
"The rider, who was carrying three passengers, was going down a hill when his motorcycle was hit by a car. He and his passengers died on the spot," one of the residents, Clement Njeru, said.
Another resident, Peter Nthiga, said he saw the car swerve before it crashed into the motorcycle.
The afternoon incident caused a major traffic snarl-up on the usually busy road as hundreds of residents blocked the road as they struggled to have a glimpse of the bodies.
Soon after the crash, police rushed to the scene and took the bodies to Embu Referral Hospital mortuary while the car was towed to Embu West Police Station and detained for inspection.
Embu West Sub-County Police commander Julius Kyumbule said investigations had started to establish the circumstances under which the accident happened.
"We want to know what really transpired because the motorcycle and the car were heading to the same direction," he said.
"It is sad the mother, her son and daughter are among those who perished," he said.
