Police launch probe after matatu tout dies following disagreement with driver
Police officers in Ruiru are investigating
the circumstances under which a matatu tout working with Lopha Travels, which
plies the Nairobi CBD - Ruiru route, met his death.
Nahashon Ng'ang'a succumbed to injuries he
sustained in a mysterious accident a night after he allegedly differed with his
driver over cash.
Ng'ang'a, who died on Wednesday at the
Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital, was saved by Good Samaritans
after he was found on Thika Super highway having allegedly been pushed out of a
moving matatu.
Daniel Waweru, the deceased’s
brother, said: “My brother had a commotion with the driver whom they were
working with on Saturday night and then the commotion extended to the following
morning that was on Sunday which nobody knows how it ended.”
Waweru stated that his brother sustained
serious head injuries and was rushed to the K.U hospital where he was admitted
in the ICU until Wednesday afternoon when he succumbed to his injuries.
"We do not
have the evidence to clarify whether he was pushed, or whether he was kicked
out or he jumped on his own or whether he was knocked down by a vehicle,” he
added.
Ruiru Police Commander Alex Shikondi clarified
that the vehicle caught on social media was the one that rescued and rushed the
victim to hospital, adding that they had commenced investigations into the case.
“We have no any eye
witness who witnessed the accident, but we have opened the file and we are
urging the members of the public who might have witnessed the accident to come
up and record statements,” he said.
A post-mortem exercise is expected to be
conducted on Friday to determine the cause of death as family plans for burial
next week.
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