Man crushed to death while trying to steal sugarcane from moving truck
File image of truck ferrying sugarcane. PHOTO| COURTESY
A middle-aged man
has died after being run over by a truck ferrying sugarcane as
he attempted to pull a stick of cane from the speeding vehicle along Kachok-
Kondele bypass.
Nyanza Regional
traffic boss Joseph Ng'ang'a confirmed the Tuesday afternoon incident saying the man was run
over and died on the spot.
Ng'ang'a said the deceased was dragged by force from the trailer and the rear tyres
crushed him to death.
Incidents of
pulling cane from trucks ferrying sugarcane are common in the
lakeside city with a majority often lining up along the highway to pull cane
for chewing.
Ng'ang'a says the
truck which was destined for the Kabras sugar industry in Western Kenya was taken to Kondele police station for inspection.
The truck driver escaped unhurt while the body of the deceased was taken to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital JOOTRH morgue.
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