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Kenyan University Student Killed by a Matatu Two Days after Cheating Death in another Road Accident on Boxing Day
A 21-year-old Kenyan woman has been killed in a road accident just two days after she cheated death in another accident involving a motorcycle and a public service vehicle.
On Boxing Day, Maximilian Chemutai escaped with minor injuries after the motorbike she was traveling in collided with a matatu at Chebarus area in Nandi County. She was returning home from a local shopping center when the accident happened.
“God, you are so amazing. I will forever glorify and praise your name. I was involved in an accident. It was God’s favor to escape without any serious injuries,” she said in a Facebook post after the accident.
She ended her post by wishing her friends “a happy and prosperous New Year”, written in bold letters. Her friends poured goodwill messages on her post.
However, on Saturday afternoon, Chemutai left home to meet the boda-boda rider who was carrying her during the accident to “sort out the matter” since the incident had been recorded with the police at Chebarus.
Sadly, the mother of three was hit by a matatu while standing by the roadside at the same shopping center. She died on the spot.
Eyewitnesses say the PSV vehicle lost control and ploughed into a crowd that was standing by the roadside, leaving six people, including Chemutai dead. She was a student at Kisii University’s Eldoret campus studying mass communication.
“I can’t understand what happened. She was recovering well from the knock. It is so confusing,” her mother Beatrice Chebet says.
Her elder brother Geoffrey Kipkoech says he was accompanying her during the accident and escaped death by a whisker.
“I had just joined her on the roadside when a matatu sped towards where we were standing. I managed to dash but she was not lucky,” Kipkoech narrates.
