Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle along Mombasa road

A pedestrian succumbed to injuries after being hit by a vehicle along Mombasa Road.

The accident occurred at Dinlas Pharma area along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway after the driver lost control of the vehicle, veered off the road to the left side, and hit two pedestrians who were standing beside the road.

“Due to the impact of the accident, the two pedestrians were thrown into a ditch after being dragged for a distance and sustained injuries,” police said.

They were both rushed to the Frh hospital in Syokimau for treatment, where one pedestrian succumbed to injuries.

The body of the deceased was taken to the mortuary in the same facility, awaiting transfer to Shalom Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

Elsewhere, in Nyamache subcounty, a 19-year-old died by suicide after he went missing for six days.

The deceased’s body was recovered when people managed to gain access to his rented house, which was locked from the inside.

Officers from Nyamache police station and DCI visited the scene and established that he had committed suicide using a mosquito net.

“We found the lifeless body lying in a supine position with no visible injuries but with part of the net around his neck and the other on the roof,” police said.

The body was moved to the Gucha sub-county hospital morgue awaiting postmortem.

In Tharaka Nithi county, an unknown middle-aged male person was subjected to mob injustice inside Chuka forest within Gachakoni village, location.

Police officers from Chuka Police Station, DCI Chuka North Sub-County, and CSI Tharaka Nithi County visited the scene together with the Assistant Chief.

Upon arrival, they found the unknown male person partially burnt, his left hand chopped off at the wrist, and his legs tied together with a sisal rope.

Preliminary inquiries indicated that he was attacked by unknown suspected bodaboda riders on accusations of being a motorcycle thief,” police said.

The scene was processed, and the body was moved to Chuka referral mortuary pending identification and postmortem