Two buried after a pit latrine collapses in Limuru

Two men were buried alive Njira Ya Gichaga village in Limuru, Kiambu County when a pit latrine they were fixing fell on them.

St Johns Ambulance volunteers rushed to the scene of the accident, and they worked to rescue the two men.

A third man, who was also working on the pit latrine, escaped unharmed.

Elsewhere on the Nairobi-Namanga road, a police officer was killed after he was run over by a lorry.

Eyewitnesses say the lorry veered off the road, crushing the police officer who was on foot.

The policeman died on the spot. The body was taken to Kajiado County Hospital Mortuary.

The driver of the lorry escaped the scene of the accident; police officers have launched a manhunt for him, calling on the public to offer any information they may have about his whereabouts.

Maryann Mwende