8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Hit By A Tractor

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• An eight-year-old girl tragically lost her life on her way home from school when a tractor collided with her along the Bomet-Kaplong highway in the Mosop area.
• The incident caused a significant traffic jam on the Kisii-Narok route, prompting authorities to tow the tractor to Chebole police station for inspection while the victim’s body was taken to Kapkatet hospital mortuary.

8-Year-Old Girl Killed After Being Hit By A Tractor

Tragedy struck yesterday evening as an eight-year-old girl, on her way home from school, met a fatal accident along the Bomet-Kaplong highway in the Mosop area. 

The young girl lost her life when a tractor, occupying the entire road, collided with her, leaving her fatally injured.

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Stanley Mutai, the disaster management officer of Bomet County, reported the heartbreaking incident, emphasizing the dire consequences of the tractor’s occupation of the pedestrian space where the girl was walking. 

An eyewitness further claimed that the tractor driver was navigating through an area typically considered safe for pedestrians.

The aftermath of the accident caused a significant traffic jam for hours on the Kisii-Narok route, disrupting the flow of vehicles until police intervened to restore order. Meanwhile, the young victim’s body was transported to the mortuary at Kapkatet hospital.

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Authorities took swift action by towing the tractor involved in the accident to Chebole police station for thorough inspection and investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic event.