{"id":6758,"date":"2020-12-15T14:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T11:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2020-12-15T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T11:04:02","slug":"4-family-members-died-the-lorry-trying-to-overtake-a-small-car-pushed-it-off-the-road-then-collided-head-on-with-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/4-family-members-died-the-lorry-trying-to-overtake-a-small-car-pushed-it-off-the-road-then-collided-head-on-with-another\/","title":{"rendered":"4 family members died, the lorry trying to overtake a small car, pushed it off the road then collided head-on with another"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four members of the same family died on the spot while several others were injured in a car accident.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The car they were travelling in collided headon with a truck at Kanga Machine in Migori County.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Witnesses said the lorry was trying to overtake a small vehicle while heading to Rongo on the Kisii-Migori road.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The truck hit the small vehicle by the side before the driver lost control.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The small vehicle swerved into a ditch leaving an infant with serious injuries while the other occupants escaped with minor injuries.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Witness Erick Odhiambo said the lorry later hit a saloon car which was coming from the opposite direction , killing the four family members on the spot.<\/span><\/div>\n
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“The lorry was trying to overtake the small vehicle it hit it. After that all we heard was a big bang. We ran to see what had happened and saw a saloon car crushed and all its occupants dead,” Odhiambo said.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The four – a man, woman and two elderly women were said to have been coming from a ceremony before meeting their death.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rongo Sub-County Police Commander (OCPD) Peter Okiring said the four died at the scene.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Okiring said police have launched investigations to ascertain the exact cause of the accident. At the moment it is suspected that the truck was speeding.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The bodies were taken to Rosewood Hospital mortuary in Rongo while the injured were taken to Rongo Sub-County Hospital.?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Okiring urged members of the public with information on those who perished to help identify the bodies.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Four members of the same family died on the spot while several others were injured in a car accident. The car they were travelling in collided headon with a truck at Kanga Machine in Migori County. Witnesses said the lorry was trying to overtake a small vehicle while heading to Rongo on the Kisii-Migori road….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1975],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-safety"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-1L0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/Migori-accident-magaripoa.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}