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Student sustains deep cut in boat mishap

A 23-year-old student at Eastleigh Community Centre, Nairobi, escaped death by a whisker on Christmas Day following a boat accident on the Indian Ocean.

Mr Lawrence Otieno who had travelled to Mombasa with Maji Mazuri Youth Group for the holiday had gone swimming at the popular Jomo Kenyatta Public Beach when the glass-bottomed boat’s propeller cut its head as he swarm beneath.

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