Kenyan in US crushes 18-month-old son while reversing

A Kenyan family residing in the US is mourning the death of their 18-month-old son Mishael Mutuma who was accidentally run over by his father earlier this week.

Dan Mutuma, a nurse in Kansas City, was reversing his car when his son sneaked behind the vehicle.

According to Mutuma’s brother-in-law Ezra Kamencu, the mother-in-law was in the kitchen while his wife was tending to their twin children.

“It is so painful to the entire family and especially to the father to have crushed his own son.

“There is no way he could have seen the kid who was playing behind. The child had run unnoticed behind the vehicle as the father was reversing,” he divulged.

Police in the area opened investigations into the matter but it is understood that the father will not face any criminal charges.

According to Fox 4 News, Mutuma was distraught after the accident and neighbours heard him wailing upon realizing his son was no more.