A 59-year-old man died after he was trapped by an electric pole that he was offloading from a trailer in the Modombogho area, Mwatate, Taita Taveta County.
Police said the
incident happened on August 20, 2025 morning and left Mwakika Mwazo dead.
He and other workers
were busy offloading the poles when one of them slipped off and trapped his
left hand. The injury affected a main nerve leading to severe bleeding, police
and witnesses said.
He was rushed to a
local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Officials said he had profusely bled, leading to his death.
The police visited the scene and hospital
as part of the probe into the tragedy, while the body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy.
Elsewhere along Jogoo
Road in Nairobi, a pedestrian identified as Nelly Wambylwa, 24, was killed in an
accident.
Police said the woman
was crossing the road on Wednesday night when she was hit by a speeding car.
The car did not stop at the scene, and efforts to trace it are ongoing, police
said.
Police said the woman
died on the spot before the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The fatal accident
was among seven victims who died overnight in separate incidents in the
country, police said, adding the victims included three pedestrians, two riders
and two pillion passengers.
At least 24 people
were seriously injured in the accidents and including 11 riders, seven pillion
passengers, two pedestrians, a driver and a pedal cyclist.
Authorities have
raised an alarm over rising accidents in the country. More than 4,000 people
are killed in accidents annually, which officials term as alarming and have a
negative impact on the society.
Thousands of other people are nursing wounds in
hospitals following the accidents.
