{"id":13525,"date":"2024-11-21T23:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=13525"},"modified":"2024-11-21T23:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:39:06","slug":"video-teacher-dies-after-being-chopped-by-chopper-blades-in-garissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/video-teacher-dies-after-being-chopped-by-chopper-blades-in-garissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Teacher dies after being chopped by chopper blades in Garissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VDcDQX7TjhE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">A teacher died on Tuesday after being struck by helicopter blades in Masalani, Ijara, Garissa County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">According to EALA MP Falhada Iman, the teacher was invigilating the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The invigilator had just picked up the exam papers for the day at the deputy county commissioner&#8217;s office when the accident occurred.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Garissa County Commissioner Solomon Chesuti told the Nation publication that the teacher was near the helicopter as it took off. He was then hit by the propellers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The latest comes just a day after two other chopper accidents in the neighbouring Wajir County. In the first accident at around noon on Monday, a helicopter carrying Arabajahan MCA Abey Jimaale crashed at the Wajir Airport runway while taking off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Police said the MCA and two pilots on board were rushed to Wajir County Referral Hospital with injuries where they were treated and referred to Nairobi for further treatment while in stable condition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The aircraft was extensively damaged.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Late in the afternoon, a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter crashed during take-off. The chopper was supplying food items to flood-affected families in Buna Town, Wajir North.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Wajir County Red Cross Coordinator Abdia Manya said several people including the pilots and teachers sustained injuries and were taken to the Buna Sub-county Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NprLkBEuzsM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teacher died on Tuesday after being struck by helicopter blades in Masalani, Ijara, Garissa County. 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