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Police are investigating an incident in which a police officer collapsed and died as he waited to board a bus in Nairobi’s Central Business District.
Constable Joshua Apella Odwar attached to Ruai Police Station was waiting to board a bus when he collapsed and died.
The incident happened on January 12 at about 3 pm, police said.
It was established that the deceased was travelling to Kisumu after being discharged from a private hospital in Utawala the previous day where he had been admitted having been involved in hit and run accident.
Police also discovered that he had been referred to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) according to hospital documents.
The body had visible injuries on the left leg and was moved to Chiromo Morgue awaiting autopsy.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing, police said.
Elsewhere, police are investigating the discovery of the body of a 24-year-old woman under a culvert of drainage outside Kileleshwa police station, Nairobi.
A witness who claimed she was standing outside the police station on January 11 noticed the body of Immaculate Atieno drowning into the culvert forming part of a tunnel along Mandera Road.
She raised the alarm and residents with police rushed to the rescue of the woman in vain.
The body was later moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.
Police said they didn’t understand how the woman drowned there.
The team investigating the tragedy said they wanted to understand if the woman had other past illnesses that may have led to the drowning.
“We do not know if she had other conditions that led to the situation or she was killed,” said an officer aware of the probe.
Meanwhile, police in Syokimau, Machakos county are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found on the roadside.
The man was identified as Michael Muhindi. He is said to have been attacked by two men who were armed with crude weapons.
Police who visited the scene said the deceased had physical injuries in the head after the fatal January 11 morning attack.
A suspect was later arrested over the incident and is helping police with investigations.
The body is lying in a mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
