{"id":111945,"date":"2025-03-14T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/briton-killed-by-vehicle-in-rutos-motorcade-on-ngong-road-identified\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:03:13","slug":"briton-killed-by-vehicle-in-rutos-motorcade-on-ngong-road-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/briton-killed-by-vehicle-in-rutos-motorcade-on-ngong-road-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Briton killed by vehicle in Ruto\u2019s motorcade on Ngong Road identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 14\u2014Authorities have identified the British national killed in a fatal road accident near Adams Arcade, Nairobi, on Thursday as Edgar Charles Frederick, 79.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an update on the fatal crash on Thursday, National Police Service (NPS) Spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said that Frederick was struck by a government vehicle attached to the Nairobi Regional Coordinator\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle, who was arrested following the incident, was freed on cash bail and is expected to be arraigned in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver of the government motor vehicle attached to the Nairobi Regional Coordinator\u2019s office is out on cash bail, awaiting arraignment in court,\u201d Nyaga said.<\/p>\n<p>He further confirmed that Frederick\u2019s next of kin has been informed of the tragic accident.<\/p>\n<p>His body had since been moved to Lee Funeral Home, where a postmortem examination is set to be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Nyaga also said the police had inspected the vehicle involved in the accident and taken  necessary procedural actions as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was hit by a vehicle in President William Ruto\u2019s motorcade along Ngong Road.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred near Adams Arcade as the presidential convoy was traveling from Lang\u2019ata toward Kibra as part of President Ruto\u2019s week-long development tour.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the victim was attempting to cross the road when he was struck by a speeding government vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The driver reportedly did not stop after the incident, causing chaotic scenes as bystanders attempted to assist the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders arrived at the scene, but the victim was pronounced dead.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 14\u2014Authorities have identified the British national killed in a fatal road accident near Adams Arcade, Nairobi, on Thursday as Edgar Charles Frederick, 79. In an update on the fatal crash on Thursday, National Police Service (NPS) Spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said that Frederick was struck by a government vehicle attached to the Nairobi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}