Several people including a young child are feared dead after their saloon car slid into the Indian Ocean while being transported in a ferry in Likoni, Mombasa county.
The incident, which took place on the evening of Sunday, September 29, involved a white Toyota Probox.
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According to witnesses, a woman and a child were seen inside the vehicle moments before it plunged into the ocean.
Police further stated that the car was among the last items to be loaded onto the Mv Harambee from the mainland side of the Likoni channel.
“I saw the woman and a boy inside the car. She had started screaming and calling for help when the car started to reverse. I threw a life saver at them,” one witness was quoted by Nation.
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Likoni Sub County Police Commander Benjamin Rotich confirmed the incident, adding that there might have been four people in the vehicle including a child.
By the time darkness fell, neither the car nor the occupants had been retrieved, leading people to fear the worst.
Nation further reports that witnesses saw a brief altercation between the woman inside the probox and Kenya Ferry Service (KFS) officials at the mainland side ramp.
The lady is said to have attempted to make way to the ferry using the wrong side.
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