A 12-year-old boy in Komarock, Nairobi County, crashed a neighbours daughter to death, with a car believed to be his parents' on Monday.
Derrick Wayodi, whose daughter was killed, had visited his friend’s home which is about 200 metres from his house.
He was visiting the friend because his class eight son was not feeling well, as he had injured his arm on Friday when he fell from a mango tree.
“The boy left us talking in the house. After about five minutes, I also decided to leave,” Wayodi stated.
Wayodi narrated that when he stepped outside, he heard screams and saw the sick boy he had come to check on running towards him.
“I asked him why he was running and he said he had accidentally hit my two-year-old daughter, Angel, with a car,” he recalled.
He ran towards the place the screams were coming from only to find his daughter on the ground motionless in a pool of blood.
“I felt weak, I was trembling. Some parts of her body were swollen and she was bleeding, he cited.
Angel was rushed to the hospital by a neighbour. Later, he rushed home, took his car and tried to catch up with the vehicle carrying his daughter.
Wayodi stated that he found his daughter at Modern hospital after he had looked for her at Mama Lucy and Aga Khan clinic in Komarock .
A doctor attending to the two-year-old explained she was bleeding from the ears and mouth and had a fractured skull. Angel died while being attended to.
According to The Standard, the boy’s family was remorseful, however, Wayodi expressed he still wanted justice served for his daughter.
“I implore the police and the Government to do their work without fear or favour,” he firmly stated.
The estate’s chairman, John Mwangi, cited the boy was driving at a high speed.
“The life of this little girl has been cut short due to negligence. The boy is a minor and had no driving license,” Mwangi continued.
The vehicle is being held at Kayole Police Station as investigations continue.
