A man was crushed and killed while retrieving potatoes from a truck along Tipis – Olbaoi road on Saturday, in Mau Narok, Nakuru.
Police said the lorry was parked at the spot as the loaders offloaded potatoes before it returned to the farm.
It was then Joseph Kang’ethe who went to retrieve some hidden potatoes in a sack at the back of the truck to load the same.
The potatoes had spilled under the lorry.
Police said the driver of the truck unknowingly backed up the truck and ran over Kang’ethe.
Kang’ethe was rushed to Mau Narok Health Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body of the deceased was taken to Egerton University’s mortuary pending postmortem and the truck was detained at the Njoro police station yard awaiting inspection.
Police termed it an accident.
Meanwhile, officials are investigating the source of a live bomb that was found on a farm where farmers were tilling in the Sipili area, Laikipia County.
The discovery was made on March 9 at Wangwachi area, police said.
Farmers at a farm reported that there was an explosive device on their land.
Police rushed to the scene and established that it was a 60 mm live bomb.
Due to the security nature of the place police managed to move it to Sipili Police Station awaiting detonation.
Bomb disposal experts visited the station and managed to detonate it.
The bomb is believed to have originated from one of the security agencies operating in the area.
Police said the explosive could have caused much damage and deaths had it been mishandled.
Police and military stage operations and drills in the area and it is suspected the bomb originated from them.
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