A Kenyan family in the US is in grief after a man crushed his own son to death while reversing his car at home.
Dan Mutuma who works as a nurse at Kansas City was reversing his car as he planned to drive away from home when the incident happened.
The deceased 18-months-old baby has been identified as Mishael Mutuma who is the grandson to Moses Mutuma, a pastor at the Miathene SDA church in Meru.
The man is reported to have left the home driving to a nearby university where is undertaking studies from before coming back to collect a file he had forgotten.
He returned to pick the document with little knowledge that his return would mark the departure of his son.
According to Daily Nation, he hurried to the car not knowing that his son had followed him. He reversed the car only to crash the baby killing him on the spot.
The local daily reported that Olathe Police are investigating the incident but they are not planning to prefer any charges against Mr Mutuma. Police are treating the incident as an accident.
The deceased boy will be buried in the US but the burial date has not been announced.