- A Gatundu family is mourning the sudden death of 40-year-old Peter Kagoni, who died in a freak accident while working in Mlolongo
- Kagoni, a driver and kamagera, was offloading ballast from a truck when a horrific accident occurred, killing him on the spot
- A viral photo showing Kagoni trapped under the truck’s door has left his family devastated, with his brother now raising some questions about the freak accident
A family from Gatundu, in Kiambu county, has been left in pain and sorrow after the 40-year-old kin died in a horrific freak accident.
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Peter Kagoni, a hardworking man who was a driver and a kamagera, met his death on Thursday, November 6, in an accident no one would have predicted.
Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, his brother Henry Githuka explained that as a kamagera, he was tasked with offloading some ballast off the truck, and it was after alighting the vehicle to do so that tragedy hit.
“He wanted to offload some weight from the truck to meet the weighing bridge requirement. As a family, we are yet to understand how the accident happened because the truck’s back door fell on him and he died on the spot.
“The viral photo of him trapped by the door is the last moment of him. He died instantly. I do not want to see that photo,” he painfully said.
The chilling photo captured how Kagoni, who was dressed in a yellow and grey jumper paired with black trousers, was fatally knocked and trapped in the back of the truck, whereas the rest of his body was left suspended.
The accident happened in Mlolongo, near the weigh bridge.
“He was a hardworking, yet reserved man. It is so sad that he died,” he said, adding that seeing the viral photo of his brother’s death left him heartbroken.
Peter Kagoni’s brother raises questions
His brother also wondered how the container beneath the truck door remained down during Kagoni’s freak accident.
“We suspect that the door did not have enough hydraulic strength, and so after he opened it, it fell back, dropping on him as he was using the spade to offload the ballast,” he said.
His family has since commenced plans to bury the man, adding that the police are still investigating the incident.
Netizens mourn Peter Kagoni
Many Kenyans have been left puzzled and pained by Kagoni’s accident. Here is what some had to say:
@Shiko Vera said:
“Poleni sana, it is painful, oh Jesus Christ, my condolences to the family.”
John Moh said:
“I think the hydraulic failed Poleni Sana.”
Justina Wamae said:
“A lorry he has always driven, a door he has seen greased or fixed often, kweli in life you can never be too cautious.”
Another freak accident in Kiambu
In other news, an eyewitness recently narrated how a lorry crashed onto the roof of a hardware store in Kiambu.
In the accident, the driver died while the tout and those at the hardware store escaped with minor injuries.
An eyewitness said the lorry lost its brakes.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
