Askari, cab driver injured after cab rolls over parking fees altercation

A Nakuru County askari and a taxi driver were injured after a cab they were in rolled over, near Section 58-Nakuru-Nyahururu interchange along Nakuru- Nairobi Highway.

Nakuru East Deputy sub county Police Commander Phanton Analo confirmed yesterday’s incident, saying that the accident happened when enforcement officers attempted to arrest the taxi driver for not paying parking fees.

The three officers entered his motor vehicle and ordered him to drive to Nakuru Town but he defied their order and sped off towards Nairobi,” said Analo.

He said that one of the officers struggled with the driver to arrest him and in the process the motor vehicle veered off the road, hit the rail guard and overturned.

Further, he added that the driver sustained a cut on the right hand finger while a female officer sustained a cut and bruises on both hands.

Both were rushed to Nairobi Women Hospital, treated and discharged as police probe the incident, he said.

Richard Gichuki, the driver of the cab, accused the county officers of causing the accident over parking fees.

Gichuki said three officers who were not in uniform entered his cab at Section 58, and asked him if he had paid his parking fees.

He said that the officer held on to the steering while he attempted to fend of his arms as the car veered side by side.

“After I successfully succeeded to remove the officer’s hand, the officer stepped on the accelerator pedal forcing the cab to speed,” he claimed.

In the altercation the cab rolled over the road rails off the highway and onto a footpath adjacent to the highway, he said.

He accused the officer of attempting to kill him as he pushed him towards a matatu.

He urged the officers to follow the law and lawfully deal with parking fee defaulters instead of harassing them.