Busia: High school student recalls moments before schoolmate is killed, another injured in accident

A heartbroken high school student painted a grim picture of how he lost a schoolmate in a fatal road accident The accident killed the studen...

• A heartbroken high school student painted a grim picture of how he lost a schoolmate in a fatal road accident
• The accident killed the student on the spot, leaving another severely injured, who was rushed to the hospital
• Another witness gave a blow-by-blow account of how the accident happened as he lamented the increasing number of accidents along the road

A young girl will never realize her full potential and fulfill her dreams after her life was tragically cut short in Busia county.

The Form Three girl at Father Okodoi Secondary School met her fate in a horrible road accident on Thursday, July 17.

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The fatal accident also left her schoolmate, a young boy, injured. He was rushed to the hospital for medical checkup.

A high school student narrated the final moments with his schoolmates before the accident along the Busia-Malaba Road.

He was going to school like his peers when the accident, which killed the girl on the spot, happened.

"I was going to school in the morning. I greeted the girl who was standing with the boy by the roadside. They were standing next to the pedestrian crossing. After walking a few meters from them, I heard a loud wail from the young man screaming, 'She is dead.' The car had run over her face," he said.

Busia man faults police for not helping after accident

The young man said he saw the driver run away after the incident instead of slowing down or helping his schoolmates.

He also bashed the police officers who, since their arrival, had done little concerning the matter.

"They have been here since morning but have not done anything. They are just standing here. Students have been dying along this road for a while now. We buried another yesterday who died in an accident. Today another is dead, and another is in the hospital. What is that?" he angrily asked as residents backed him.

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Witness narrates trailer accident along the Busia-Malaba road

Another witness narrated how the accident involving a long-distance trailer happened in the morning.

"It was around 7:45 am. There was a trailer which was at high speed, and the headlights were on at maximum brightness. When it approached the bump, the driver tried to brake. Unfortunately, the trailer twisted. The back of the trailer, which is detachable, hit a student. When the driver tried to correct the trailer after it slid, it entered a ditch.

These incidents have been common here. It is not the first time. If we were to count the number of accidents we've had here, they must be over 50. This could be the fourth accident this year alone," he explained.

Kenyans shattered by death of Form Three student

Kenyans were shattered by the news as they mourned the increasing pattern in which school children have died over the last couple of days.

Kenneth Inoni:

"Even that driver who killed our girl will one day face it. It's so sad losing a student just because of a careless driver."

Okedi Philemon:

"Sorry for the incident."

Hon Leonard Emaase Okorong:

"Sorry for the school and the parents of the deceased."

Samson Oyiengo:

"Poleni sana the school fraternity of Father Okodoi Secondary School for such a loss."

Timo Ka Geta:

"So sad indeed."

Nairobi mum in tears after PP2 child is killed in accident

In another story, a mother in Nairobi county was inconsolable after a speeding vehicle killed her PP2 child.

The little boy, identified as Vincent Kilonzo, was on his way home in the evening when he met his fate.

His mother, Pauline, was in tears as she recalled how she received the heartbreaking news that her son had been involved in the accident.