Boy crushed to death while hanging from school bus

A 14-year-old boy died instantly after being crushed against a gate pillar while hanging out of a school bus in Kimende, Kiambu county.

The deceased was a student at ACK St Paul Academy Kereita, police said.

The student was among a group that was returning from Gituamba Primary School after a football competition on February 8 when the incident happened, police and witnesses said.

They had finished the day’s activities and were returning to school.

On reaching the gate of the school, the Grade 9 pupil stretched his head outside through the window oblivious of the dangers ahead.

He was at the back seat of the bus. The gate pillar crushed him fatally. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.

The incident threw the fraternity into mourning.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.

Meanwhile, police are investigating three separate drowning incidents that were recorded on Sunday alone.

The first incident happened in Lusumu village in Navakholo, Kakamega county where the body of Sebastian Siganga, 44, was found floating on a river.

Police said the body was found on the banks of river Lusumu.

The man had gone missing on February 5, prompting a search.

The body had visible injuries when it was discovered and moved to the mortuary pending investigations, police said.

In Nkondi, Tharaka Nithi county a 12-year-old Grade 6 boy at Kiorimba Primary School drowned in a local river.

Police said the boy drowned in River Kathita as he and his friends swam.

His body was retrieved and moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.

In Kitengela, Kajiado county’s Ostrich farm, a 24-year-old man drowned in a swimming pool.

Police said Daniel Wamuigu was among a group that had visited the farm and decided to swim.

He was rushed to a hospital in the area where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.

The body of the victim was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and other procedures.

In Kirinyaga’s Kangai area, a suspect was lynched on claims he and others had been snatching mobile phones from pedestrians.

His two accomplices escaped the scene. Police said the suspect was torched after being stoned to death.

His motorcycle was also torched in the Sunday drama before the body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and other investigations.

Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered for processing and possible prosecution.