A policeman "accidentally" shot dead a tuk tuk driver on Mombasa - Lunga Lunga highway, Kwale County on Thursday evening.

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25-year-old Tsuma Mumbo was shot on the head by the officer.

The policeman is said to have been pursuing drug peddlers when the incident happened.

“It was entirely an accident because the officer’s intention was to shoot the peddlers but unfortunately the bullet landed in the drivers head,” Peter Chiro, an eye witness told the Nation.

Matuga Deputy County Commissioner Mwangi Kahiro said police were investigating the circumstances that led to the killing of the tuk tuk operator.