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Officer who drove police car into ditch kills himself

A screen grab from a video of the accident involving Constable Fred Amaya two weeks ago. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

A Nakuru police constable who was filmed two weeks ago after crashing a police vehicle while drunk has committed suicide.

Constable Fred Amaya, who was stationed at Kiptagich Police Station in Kuresoi South, hanged himself in a bathroom at the station yesterday morning.

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