Super Metro crew arrested after Kitengela man allegedly pushed from moving bus

Police in Kitengela have detained two crew members of a Super Metro bus after a 25-year-old man died following an alleged ejection from the moving vehicle on Tuesday night.

The deceased, identified as Joseph Mureithi, is said to have boarded the bus along the Kitengela–Namanga Highway at around 11 pm after finishing his shift as a petrol attendant in Athi River.

According to a report by a local TV station, witnesses said the bus was overcrowded and that the crew appeared disorderly moments before the fatal incident.

Minutes after the bus departed from a stage near Shalom Hospital, Mureithi was allegedly pushed out while the vehicle was still in motion. Passengers further claimed that the same bus ran over him before speeding off.

Eyewitness Juma Otieno recounted the incident, saying, “He boarded the vehicle, and it left. When it reached down there, it was like a commotion started, and the young man was pushed out of the vehicle and fell to the ground. I thought he had just fallen normally, but when I got there, I realised he had fallen and his head had burst.”

A family member, Patrick Muthomi, condemned the crew’s actions, saying the situation could have been handled differently.

“Instead of throwing someone out, it would have been better to tell him the money was not enough and ask him to get out and wait for the next vehicle. Our young man has now left us just like that. He had just come from work and boarded a matatu to take him to Mlolongo. They simply threw him out, ran over him and fled without caring,” he said.

A standby Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) patrol vehicle reportedly pursued and stopped the bus, registration number KDK 060H.

The vehicle was impounded and taken to Athi River Police Station, where the driver and conductor were arrested. 

Mureithi was, however, pronounced dead on arrival at Shalom Hospital.