National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended the entire fleet of commuter buses operated by Modern Coast following the Nithi Bridge accident that killed 33 people.

NTSA, in a statement released on Monday, said it had halted the operations of a total of 31 buses operated by Modern Coast Express Limited operating on various routes across Kenya.


The Authority’s Director General George Njao revealed that a multi-agency team is investigating the crash and evaluating the bus operator’s safety operational standards.

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This comes hours after a Modern Coast PSV bus lost control and rammed the Nithi Bridge before plunging down 40 metres into the river killing 33 and seriously maiming 10 others.

Here is the full statement released by NTSA: