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Footage shows George Ruto’s matatu racing before crash

By , based on Tuko

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Images obtained by Tuko show the matatu Baba Yaga, owned by George Ruto, son of the president, racing the Detroit vehicle just before their collision on Friday 13 November on the Nairobi-Kiserian road. Out of service after the impact, the vehicle should return to the road, its crew suggested, confirming the accident on Instagram, according to Tuko.

New images obtained by TUKO show the matatu Baba Yaga, owned by George Ruto, speeding alongside the Detroit vehicle shortly before their collision on Friday evening on the Nairobi-Kiserian road, according to TUKO. The two vehicles appear to be racing and to be driving in the wrong lane of a two-way road before the accident.

The collision badly damaged the front of Baba Yaga and the rear of Detroit. The team operating the vehicle under the Raptors banner confirmed the accident on Instagram on Saturday 14 November and said the matatu would return to the road, TUKO reports.

The new episode follows several incidents involving Baba Yaga, including an accident reported in September that left people injured. Images of this new accident had also been published on 30 September in the George Ruto matatu accident revealed in pictures.

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