- CCTV footage from Eagol Petrol Station captured Cyrus Jirongo’s final movements moments before the crash
- At 2:19 am, his Mercedes-Benz collided head-on with a Climax Coaches bus carrying 65 passengers
- The impact was fatal, with DCI confirming Jirongo died instantly as detectives secured evidence for investigations
Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Footage from surveillance cameras at Eagol Petrol Station in Naivasha has detailed the late Cyrus Jirongo’s last moments at a fuel filling station on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
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Jirongo perished in a tragic road accident on Saturday dawn, December 13.
The Mercedes-Benz he was driving rammed into a Climax Coaches bus that was ferrying 65 passengers to Busia from Nairobi.
“Preliminary investigations reveal that the accident involved Hon. Jirongo’s motor vehicle, registration number KCZ 305U, and a public service vehicle (PSV) bus, registration number KCU 576A, belonging to Climax Company Ltd,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said.
How CCTV captured Cyrus Jirongo’s last moments
According to the DCI, whose homicide and forensic detectives were deployed at the scene of the accident to establish the truth, Jirongo’s car collided with the bus a few moments past 2:19 am.
The head-on impact saw Jirongo’s vehicle getting pushed about 25 metres from the scene, with the heavy PSV bus coming to a stop approximately 50 metres away.
The detectives and forensic experts from the DCI headquarters in Nairobi secured the key articles necessary to ascertain what transpired.
CCTV footage from Eagol Petrol Station is among the key rudiments of investigations the detectives obtained.
The footage shows that at 02:18:40 am, Jirongo drives to the petrol station from the Nairobi side, makes a stop at the station, but doesn’t fuel.
By 02:19:10 am, he drives again and halts near the station’s exit, and at 02:19:19 am, he turns right, heading back towards Nairobi.
At 02:19:25 am, the cameras capture the PSV bus colliding with the deceased’s car.
Jirongo died on the spot, having sustained critical injuries; both legs and a hand were broken, with bruises on the head.
The report from the DCI came days after Jirongo’s family demanded answers from the investigators to determine how their kin ended up in Naivasha, yet he was earlier in Nairobi and was being awaited at his home in Gigiri.
The agency said the investigations will continue to a conclusion, with the forensic experts set to revisit the scene and also collect the accounts of the passengers of the Climax Coaches bus involved in the accident.
Who was with Cyrus Jirongo before his death?
Reports indicate that Jirongo was spotted in Nairobi with a female friend before driving her to Naivasha.
A boda boda rider recalled seeing his white Mercedes-Benz stop near a hotel around 1:30 am, where the woman disembarked before he proceeded towards Nairobi.
Police are piecing together his movements between 11 pm, when he was last seen at a Karen restaurant, and 2 am, the time of the fatal crash.
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According to a Nakuru county traffic officer, general duty officers reached the scene first, followed by traffic police who documented the incident and cleared the road.
No items were taken from the wreckage as exhibits since foul play was not suspected, though papers inside the car confirmed Jirongo’s identity.
How witnesses recounted Jirongo’s last moments
A motorist said he saw Jirongo’s vehicle parked by the roadside as he (Jirongo) appeared to relieve himself, while a journalist reported finding female belongings such as earrings in the wreckage.
The petrol station attendant, supported by the CCTV evidence, stated that Jirongo turned at the pumps without refuelling and rejoined the highway on the wrong lane.
Moments later, the attendant heard a loud crash and rushed to find Jirongo slumped over the steering wheel with head injuries.
The bus driver, Tirus Kamau, who was transporting 65 passengers to Busia, confirmed he tried to avoid the collision but had no safe option.
Meanwhile, the family announced that three pathologists, one chosen by them, another by his clan, and a government representative, would jointly carry out the post-mortem to ensure transparency.
Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
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