A ten year old girl died on Sunday evening after a vehicle belonging to Ijara Parliamentary aspirant, Sofia Noor Abdi ran over her, with witnesses alleging it happened within a flash at Masalani town in ijara Sub County.
It is reported that the girl had just got out of a madrasa class at 6.30pm in the evening when she met her death by the roadside, where a Toyota Prado knocked her down, fracturing her skull and the left limb.
The vehicle's driver rushed her to the Masalani Sub-County hospital, where she was later referred to Malindi Sub County hospital. Unfortunately, the girl died on the way.
As per her culture, she was buried early Monday morning in accordance with Islamic rites.
However, the Ijara Parliamentary hopeful sent condolence messages to the family of the bereaved girl, describing the incident as an unfortunate normal accident. Local police have since arrested the driver and also detained the said vehicle at Masalani police station pending investigations.
Regional police commander Cheruyoit Rotich confirmed the incident, disclosing that police were treating the case as a normal traffic accident, but expressed dissatisfaction that the burial was conducted without consulting the investigating police.