Mechanic's body found in Embu town trench

A chief was killed in Turkana West on Tuesday evening after his motorbike collided with a vehicle. /THE STAR
A chief was killed in Turkana West on Tuesday evening after his motorbike collided with a vehicle. /THE STAR

A mechanic was found dead in a trench in Embu town on Sunday, with foam oozing out of his mouth.

The man is said to have been working at a garage in Grogon area.

Witnesses said his body was found

along Embu Kiritiri road near Blue Line Lodges at about 6am.

The people who were on their way to work reported the discovery at Embu police station.

They said the body did not have physical injuries and that it lay in water as there was a heavy downpour later that morning.

Police eventually took the body to the morgue at Embu Level Five Teaching and Referral Hospital.

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