Standard journalist loses parents in crash

Standard Group reporter Edwin Nyarangi (left) and Radio Maisha and KTN DJ Darius (right) with their parents Bishop Josiah Onyancha and Hellen Moraa who perished in a grisly road accident at Ololulunga in Narok Town, on August 6, 2025.  [Edwin Nyarangi, Standard]

What was meant to be a crowning moment in the life of Standard Group journalist Edwin Nyarangi has turned into a devastating double tragedy after his parents died in a road accident while travelling to Nairobi for his graduation ceremony.

Nyarangi’s father, Josiah Biyongo, and mother, Hellen Biyongo, perished on Wednesday at around 2pm when the car they were travelling in was involved in a fatal head-on collision with a truck at Osentu area along the Nakuru – Bomet highway.