Meru Deputy Speaker Mwenda Ali has lost one of his children while he escaped death narrowly after his car was involved in a road accident at Riagacici area along the Meru-Embu-Nairobi Highway in Embu County.
The heart-wrenching incident unfolded when Ali’s vehicle collided head-on with a double cabin vehicle before erupting into flames.
According to sources, the Meru County Assembly legislator was en route to Nairobi to visit his wife, who is currently hospitalized before the horrific accident occurred.
A police report by the Embu West Sub-county Traffic office indicates the Njia Ward MCA was being driven in a Subaru Forester registration number KCX 290M.
Upon reaching the area, his car collided head-on with a Toyota double cabin registration number KCZ 751R which was being driven from the opposite direction.
Police said due to the impact, Ali’s daughter aged six years succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment at Tenri Hospital Ena where she had been rushed.
“At Riagacici area it happened that one Patrick Gitonga aged 47 years was driving his M/V reg. KCZ 751R Toyota double cab from Embu General direction towards Meru and on reaching the location of the accident left his proper lane hitting an coming Subaru Forester KCX290M head on which was being driven by Michael Mwongera, 35 years old,”read part of the traffic police report.
Police said that the legislator, who was sitting in the front passenger’s seat, sustained a deep cut on the forehead and dislocated left knee. He was also complaining of chest pain.
His two-year-old daughter sustained serious internal stomach injuries and both were airlifted to Karen Hospital in Nairobi for specialised treatment.
The driver of the ill-fated car who was driving the legislator and his family, Michael Mwongera, has been admitted to Tenri Hospital.
Police have launched investigations into the accident.
