Senior traffic officer dies in accident along Narok-Bomet highway

The officer died on the spot.

In Summary
  • Inspector Calvins Ochieng Onganda was until his death the deputy base commander in Narok.
  • Onganda sustained serious injuries on both his legs and chest and died on the spot. 
A car wreckage at the scene of the accident that killed a senior traffic officer.
A car wreckage at the scene of the accident that killed a senior traffic officer.
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A senior traffic officer has died after his car was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry on the Narok-Bomet road.

Inspector Calvins Ochieng Onganda was until his death the deputy base commander in Narok.

He died Monday morning in a head-on collision after his saloon car rammed an oncoming lorry.

Police said he was driving from Bomet when he attempted to overtake a lorry only to collide with an oncoming one.

As a result of the impact, both vehicles landed on the right side of the road as one faced Bomet's direction.

Onganda sustained serious injuries on both his legs and chest and died on the spot.

Meanwhile, Kibra Officer Commanding Station Chief Inspector Samuel Chiro died in hospital after a brief admission.

He had been to Karen Hospital on referral from Nairobi Adams Arcade Branch for cardiological examination when he died on March 24, police said.

The bodies of the two officers were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.

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