Four drown in Kitui, two escape death narrowly as car is washed away

Residents of Matinyani help to retrieve a car that that was swept away by floods, four people drowned in the incident (Photo: Philip Muasya)

Four people drowned in a river within Matinyani area of Kitui County on Wednesday night when a private vehicle they were in was toppled by water following a heavy downpour last night.

Two others, a driver and a passenger escaped death narrowly after they managed to swim out of Mutindi river.