The wreckage of the car that the guards were traveling in. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has sent a message of condolence to the families of two police officers and two other county askaris who perished in a grisly road accident.
In a press statement, the governor said some of the officers had spent the day with him during “my very busy trip to Yatta sub county” on Monday.
“The vehicle they were travelling in had just dtopped off one of my assigned bodyguards and was heading to drop the other officers to their homes when the accident occurred,” Mutua said.
“We pray to the Almighty God to comfort the families of our departed colleagues and to give us all his strength,” he said.
Four bodyguards and a driver escorting Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua wife, Lilian, have perished in grisly road accident.
The accident occurred on Tuesday midnight near Lukenya on Nairobi-Mombasa highway, according to the police.
Police said the officers in Nissan Tiida Saloon died when their vehicle collided head-on with a Toyota Land Crusier that was overtaking another vehicle.