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Tragic end to fun weekend as Hell’s Gate claims seven lives

Police officers carry the body of one of the seven victims of a flash flood at the Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha on Sunday. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Ivraj Hayer, his wife, a niece, a nephew and three cousins were looking forward to ending their exciting weekend excursion to Naivasha with a visit to Hell’s Gate National Park.

But a few minutes after 4pm on Sunday, they were trapped in Ol-Jorwa gorge by a flash flood that swept his loved ones and put the park in the news for the wrong reasons.

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