Four cops injured after new police helicopter crashes in Mathare

e scene of the crash of a brand new Agusta Westland AW139 police helicopter in Mathare North 4 A, within the Ruaraka NYS camp in Nairobi, September 8, 2016. PHOTO /MONICAH MWANGI
 e scene of the crash of a brand new Agusta Westland AW139 police helicopter in Mathare North 4 A, within the Ruaraka NYS camp in Nairobi, September 8, 2016. PHOTO /MONICAH MWANGI

Four officers were injured

after a brand new Agusta Westland 139 police helicopter

crashed in Mathare North 4 A, Nairobi.

They were rushed to GSU hospital in Ruaraka, witnesses told the Star on Thursday.

They said the plane crashed near the Kenya School of Monetary Studies along Thika Superhighway.

"The plane stalled in the air for some 10 minutes before the pilot tried to go back but it crashed, " one said

The incident comes hours after a

woman was killed and five others injured when

after take off at the Naivasha airstrip.

Witnesses said the incident occurred at

Sanctuary Farm along Moi South Lake road.

More to follow

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