Gakuru was trapped in car wreck for 40 minutes, witness says

Central Region Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Peter Mailanyi cross examines the former Athi Water Services Board Chair Wachira Keen (right) during an inquest into the death of the late Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru, at a Nyeri Court.

Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru was trapped inside his car for 40 minutes after the accident that took his life, a witness told an inquest into his death yesterday.

Gakuru died in a road crash at Makenji on the Nyeri-Nairobi highway on November 7, 2017.