{"id":6864,"date":"2024-08-10T05:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=6864"},"modified":"2024-08-10T05:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T02:39:13","slug":"car-plunges-into-indian-ocean-at-makupa-causeway-in-mombasa-with-lady-driver-and-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/car-plunges-into-indian-ocean-at-makupa-causeway-in-mombasa-with-lady-driver-and-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Car plunges into Indian Ocean at Makupa Causeway in Mombasa with lady driver and child"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">MAUTI BAHARINI<br \/>Mwanamke mmoja amefariki baada ya gari lake kutumbukia baharini<br \/>Mtoto wake aliponea baada ya kutokea dirishani na kuogelea<br \/>Mama huyo alishindwa kudhibiti gari na kutumbukia baharini<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SemaNaCitizen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SemaNaCitizen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/npWPgvlsAK\">pic.twitter.com\/npWPgvlsAK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citizentvkenya\/status\/1341686256087003136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">There was drama at the Makupa Causeway in Mombasa on Wednesday morning after a car plunged into the ocean with two passengers inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">The saloon car, a Toyota Vitz registration KCY 556B with two occupants, a woman and her son, was coming from Changamwe side towards Mombasa Island when the incident happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">The boy\u00a0managed to swim to safety while the woman was rescued by local divers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">The woman, however, is said to have taken in a lot of water before she was\u00a0rescued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Eyewitnesses at the scene told <em>Nation daily newspaper<\/em>\u00a0that the vehicle was being driven at high speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">&#8220;The car was moving at a high speed. I saw it heading towards Mombasa Island and all of a sudden I saw it in the ocean.\u00a0I rushed to rescue the occupants,&#8221; said Mr Omar Chigamba, a local who saved the woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">He said the child managed to swim out of the vehicle and rescue himself\u00a0while the mother was strapped to her seat by a safety belt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">When I got there&#8230;she was in bad shape when we managed to remove her,&#8221; added Mr Chigamba.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">The woman has been rushed to Coast General Hospital for treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/car-plunges-into-indian-ocean-at-makupa-causeway-in-mombasa-with-lady-driver-and-child\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa.jpg?fit=680%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"680,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ocean car plunge magaripoa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa.jpg?fit=680%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6870\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa.jpg?resize=680%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/ocean-car-plunge-magaripoa.jpg?resize=402%2C302&amp;ssl=1 402w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was drama at the Makupa Causeway in Mombasa on Wednesday morning after a car plunged into the ocean with two passengers inside. The saloon car, a Toyota Vitz registration KCY 556B with two occupants, a woman and her son, was coming from Changamwe side towards Mombasa Island when the incident happened. 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