{"id":185139,"date":"2024-05-31T04:41:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T04:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/31\/priest-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident-along-nakuru-highway-the-body-was-left-in-pieces\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T04:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T04:41:14","slug":"priest-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident-along-nakuru-highway-the-body-was-left-in-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/31\/priest-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident-along-nakuru-highway-the-body-was-left-in-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Priest Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident Along Nakuru Highway, &#8220;\u201cThe body was left in pieces&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-257075\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"454\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-257075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crime.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"454\"  \/>Police in Naivasha launched a manhunt for a lorry driver who hit and killed a Catholic priest along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The priest was reportedly crossing the highway near Karai area on Wednesday night when the lorry, traveling from Nairobi towards Naivasha, ran over him.<\/p>\n<p>The driver briefly stopped on the roadside before he sped off as members of the public moved in to assist the injured cleric, the Star reports.<\/p>\n<p>James Kabono from the Naivasha Road Safety Association said that the priest was walking back to a residential home that houses several Catholic priests when the accident occurred at around 10 pm.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe body was left in pieces after the grisly incident, while the driver escaped from the scene after realizing what had happened,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kabono noted that the number of fatal accidents involving pedestrians is rising along the highway.<\/p>\n<p>He identified KCC, Mithuri, Kayole, Karai, and Raini centers as the areas most affected by fatal accidents, mainly in the mornings and evenings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Naivasha launched a manhunt for a lorry driver who hit and killed a Catholic priest along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway before fleeing the scene. 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