Sand-carrying lorry crashes into Police car killing one, injuring 3 seriously

One police officer died on the spot and three others seriously injured after a truck crashed into their vehicle near Kithyoko Center along the Mwingi-Garissa Highway.

According to the Migwani OCPD Julius Muu, the officers were trying to force the truck driver to stop after he refused to stop at a road block.

The truck rear hit the police car and sent it crashing off the road. Three other officers are admitted at the Mwingi Level Four Hospital with serious injuries.

The driver managed to escape from the scene abandoning his truck.