Mr Samuel Kinyanjui recalled that his mistake was stepping on the accelerator pedal instead of braking in a moment of panic as he tried to avoid colliding with other cars.
"We were late but the governor told me not to speed because it was raining and the road was slippery. I was driving at a speed of around 105 and 110 kilometres per hour when one of the rear tyres burst.
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"...but as I slowed down and was steering the vehicle to the side, I realised that a lorry which was behind me was approaching at a high speed. I had to swerve suddenly to avoid the lorry which was trying to overtake me," he recounted.
Mr Kinyanjui went on to narrate that he deliberately choose to hit the guardrail to give way to the fast-approaching lorry.
"I thought if I hit the guardrail the car would stop. I feared that if the lorry hit me from the rear, it would push us into the middle of the road and cause a bad accident between multiple cars. "The impact with the guardrailforced my airbag to deploy.
That's when I hit the accelerator pedal because...
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