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400m hurdles World Champion (2015) Nicholas Bett has died.
The athlete perished in a grisly road accident in Nandi County after the car he was driving veered off the road and landed in a ditch at Sachoi.
According to Nandi Police Commander Patrick Wambani hit a bump before losing control near Lessos along Eldoret-Kapsabet road.
He was travelling from Nairobi after participating in the just-concluded African Athletics Championships in Nigeria.
Here are photos of Bett, the first Kenyan to win a Worlds gold medal in hurdles.
