A teacher died on Tuesday after being struck by helicopter blades in Masalani, Ijara, Garissa County.
According to Garissa County Commissioner Solomon Chesuti, the teacher was invigilating the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
The teacher had had just picked up the exam papers for the day at the deputy county commissioner’s office when the accident occurred.
“He was taking the papers to Masalani Secondary School and I think he moved nearer to where the helicopter was and he was struck as it took off,” he said.
“We left the police to handle it and after processing the scene, the body will be released to the family for burial according to Muslim tradition.”
This happened just a day after two other chopper accidents in the neighboring Wajir County. In the first accident at around noon on Monday, a helicopter carrying Arabajan MCA Abey Jimaale crashed at the Wajir Airport runway while taking off.
The other incident occurred in the late afternoon; a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter crashed during take-off. The chopper was supplying food items to flood-affected families in Buna Town, Wajir North.
