- “She sustained head injuries and was rushed to Shalom Community Hospital, Athi River branch where she died while undergoing treatment."
- Traffic officers from the Athi River police station visited the scene and processed it.
A woman of Congolese origin has died after she was knocked down by a motor vehicle along the Nairobi – Mombasa highway.
Nyaganza Bukuru, 50, sustained head injuries before she succumbed while undergoing treatment at Shalom Community Hospital in Athi River, Machakos County on Sunday.
Athi River South subcounty police commander Jos Mudavadi said the pedestrian was crossing the road in Sabaki area, a few metres from the Signature Mall when the accident occurred.
The incident was reported to the Athi River police station as a fatal road traffic accident report.
“It occurred today October 29, 2023 at about 2.00 pm and reported to police at 2.30pm that along Mombasa road at Sabaki area, a motor vehicle of make Toyota Hiace that was being driven by one Abdiwahi Ali Omar knocked down a pedestrian namely Nyaganza Bukuru aged 50 years,” Mudavadi told the Star by phone on Sunday.
Mudavadi said it happened that the driver was driving towards Mombasa's general direction and on reaching the location of the accident, the said pedestrian crossed the road from left to right while facing Nairobi direction only to be knocked down.
“She sustained head injuries and was rushed to Shalom Community Hospital, Athi River branch where she died while undergoing treatment,” Mudavadi said.
He said traffic officers from the Athi River police station visited the scene and processed it.
The motor vehicle was driven to the same station where it has since been impounded awaiting inspection. The deceased’s body was moved to the facility’s mortuary awaiting an autopsy.
Mudavadi said they had launched investigations into the incident.
Elsewhere within the same subcounty hours after this incident, several passengers got injured after a bus belonging to Rembo Shuttle got involved in an accident.
The bus that was moving from Nairobi to Kitengela town got involved in an accident on a long Nairobi - Namanga highway near Savanna Cement Company in Athi River, Machakos County.
Eyewitnesses told the Star that tens of the passengers sustained injuries and were rushed to nearby hospitals in Kitengela, Kajiado County.
Police processed and cleared the scene easing a traffic snarl that had been caused by the accident.