[PHOTOS] Bodies of couple, vehicle retrieved from Juja dam

The couple drowned in a dam at Toll area within Juja in a suspected suicide case.

In Summary
  • Revellers have been thronging the area for "park and chill" activities while indulging in merry-making.
  • According to witnesses, an argument broke out between the two and the man ignited the car and reversed into the dam.
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU

The bodies of couples who drowned in a dam at Toll area within Juja, Kiambu county in a suspected suicide case have been retrieved.

The lovebirds were making merry inside their car which they had parked near the dam before the incident occurred on Tuesday evening.

Revelers have been thronging the area for "park and chill" activities while indulging in merry-making.

Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU

According to witnesses, an argument broke out between the two and the man ignited the car and reversed into the dam.

Martin Ngugi, a diver, told the Star that they managed to retrieve the body of the middle-aged woman on Tuesday evening but failed to locate the man's body and the car.

Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU

The man's body was retrieved on Wednesday and taken to City Mortuary together with the woman's body.

Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU
The dam where the couple drowned in Toll area, Juja sub county on January 18.
The dam where the couple drowned in Toll area, Juja sub county on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU
The dam where the couple drowned in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
The dam where the couple drowned in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Divers together with officers from the Kiambu Fire and Disaster response team retrieve the car that plunged into a dam in Toll area, Juja subcounty on January 18.
Image: JOHN KAMAU
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