Police have identified the two people who lost their lives in a grisly accident involving a brand new Range Rover and an Isuzu canter along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.
It is reported that the two deceased Range Rover occupants were delivering the swanky car to a new owner in Nairobi from Mombasa when the accident happened early Tuesday in the Mariakani area, in Kilifi County.
The driver of the sports utility vehicle has been identified as Jamal Mubarak aged 37. He died alongside a female passenger aged 29 years.
In the accident, the Range Rover collided head-on with the canter, resulting in the write-off of the brand-new vehicle.
The canter drafted off the road and overturned following the impact.
"The driver was speeding from Mombasa to Nairobi direction when he collided with the canter, as he tried to overtake another vehicle. Both wrecks were towed to the local police station," the police said.The two bodies were moved to Coast General Hospital Morgue while the three occupants of the canter were rushed to Mariakani Sub County Hospital.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
