{"id":44,"date":"2026-08-01T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:57:50","slug":"%f0%9d%9f%96-%f0%9d%90%83%f0%9d%90%84%f0%9d%90%80%f0%9d%90%83-%f0%9d%90%88%f0%9d%90%8d-%f0%9d%90%93%f0%9d%90%94%f0%9d%90%8a-%f0%9d%90%93%f0%9d%90%94%f0%9d%90%8a-%f0%9d%90%93%f0%9d%90%91%f0%9d%90%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"\ud835\udfd6 \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc03 \ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc0a-\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc0a, \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc03-\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc00 \ud835\udc04\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight people died at the scene in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County after a tuk-tuk was hit head-on by a speeding parcel truck this week, police and witnesses said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash occurred along a busy road in the sub-county when, according to residents Bishop Carson and John Muriuki, the oncoming truck veered into the tuk-tuk\u2019s lane and struck it directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Mwea East Sub-County Police Commander Stephen Okal confirmed the incident saying all eight occupants of the tuk-tuk were killed instantly and their bodies moved to a nearby mortuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The truck was moving at a very high speed. The tuk-tuk had no chance,&#8221; John Muriuki said at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Carson called for urgent action to tame reckless driving in the area, saying such accidents have become too common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-01-at-12.05.23-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-01-at-12.05.23-PM.jpeg 606w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-01-at-12.05.23-PM-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tuk Tuk involved in an accident after a head on collision with a truck in Mwea East<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight people died at the scene in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County after a tuk-tuk was hit head-on by a speeding&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","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\/44","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}