Three killed as Government vehicle knocks motorbike in Trans Nzoia

 

Three people were killed on the spot when a vehicle allegedly belonging to government knocked down a motorcycle which was carrying two passengers and a three year old child along Kitale-Kachibora Road in Trans-Nzoia County

Irate members of the public burned and destroyed the land cruiser after the incident which occurred near Kipkeikei Market.

An eyewitness Abel Kibet, said the incident happened when the land cruiser hit the motorcycle killing two women and the child on the spot.

A firearm which was inside the vehicle was also consumed by the fire.

The driver of the vehicle managed to escape by fleeing from the scene while a police officer was rescued by a Kenya police reservist when the public threatened to lynch them.

Before the vehicle was set ablaze, the police officer was forced to shoot in the air three times in bid to scare away a mob baying for their blood.