Wreckage of the vehicle involved in the road accident. [Courtesy]
Four people have this evening died in a road accident near Mpeketoni, Lamu County.
The four are employees of Mvita MP Abdullswamad Nassir, who were heading to Lamu County for official duties.
"Yes, they were all my employees. They died after the tyre of the car they were traveling in burst and rolled," said Nassir.
The MP who has identified the four as: Ali Omar Naaman, Athuman Mohammad, Carol Mueni, and Elson Musyoka, said they were headed to Lamu to attend ODM Leader Raila Odinga’s function.
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The Standard has established that the vehicle they were in had a tyre burst and rolled several times, killing all four on the spot.
The bodies are being moved in two ambulances to Mombasa.
