{"id":299,"date":"2026-08-17T10:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:25:32","slug":"two-killed-in-riverside-drive-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Two Killed in Riverside Drive Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NAIROBI, Kenya \u2014 Two people have died following a road accident involving a Range Rover and a motorcycle along Riverside Drive in Westlands, Nairobi, on Monday morning, August 17, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash occurred opposite Chandarana Supermarket after the Range Rover reportedly lost control and struck a boda boda rider before rolling several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motorcycle rider and the driver of the Range Rover reportedly died at the scene.According to preliminary reports, the Range Rover was allegedly speeding and overtaking dangerously shortly before the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the circumstances leading to the accident have not been conclusively established, and police are investigating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other occupants of the Range Rover, reportedly foreign nationals, were injured and taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their identities and the extent of their injuries had not been publicly confirmed at the time of reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash caused significant traffic disruption along Riverside Drive, a major route connecting Westlands with areas including Lavington and Kileleshwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police are expected to investigate the cause of the collision, including allegations of speeding and dangerous overtaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002060373.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002060373.webp 700w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002060373-300x150.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya \u2014 Two people have died following a road accident involving a Range Rover and a motorcycle along Riverside&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}