UPDATE: The hit and run police constable was on Sunday, September 22 arrested and will be arraigned in court on Monday, September 23. He is set to be charged with murder and careless driving.
Police officers on Sunday, September 22 hit and killed a pedestrian in a road accident.
Reports by Citizen Digital indicated that Mwangi wa Dorcas died after the police vehicle of registration number GKB43S hit him at Subira on the Lamu-Garsen road.
Mwangi was reportedly riding his motorcycle heading towards Hindi when the police van driver, who is suspected to have been drunk at the time, hit him.
More reports by the publication disclosed that the police Constable Reuben Rono hurriedly drove off after the road carnage leaving Mwangi for dead.
The late Mwangi succumbed to head and chest injuries that he sustained after he was hit by the speeding Administration Police vehicle.
He later died as he received treatment at the King Fahad County Hospital, Daily Nation reports.
Mokowe OCS Bisengi confirmed the incident affirming that the police vehicle that hit and killed the man belongs to his station.
He added that investigations have since begun into the incident before any action is taken against the driver.
Lamu County Police Commander Muchangi Kioi, however, rubbished claims that Rono was drunk at the time of the accident, explaining that it was a normal accident. He thus called on residents to stop spreading malicious rumours.
“Some people are saying the driver was drunk. Others say he was new on the road. The driver is an experienced old man," he confirmed.
The body of the deceased is presently being preserved at the Mpeketoni Hospital mortuary.
