A wedding ceremony turned tragic last Friday after the mother to the bride perished in a grisly road accident while on her way to her daughter’s nuptial party.
Amina Ribah Mohamed succumbed to her injuries on the spot after the vehicle they had hired to attend the wedding ceremony for her daughter at kotile division in Ijara Sub County was involved in an accident.
Preliminary reports into the incident according to police sources indicated that probox van lost control and crushed along Hola and Garissa road in Tana River County.
Witnesses said the deceased was rushed to Masalani level four hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival where the driver was admitted with broken his hand along with another female passenger.
Residents raised concern over the speed at which public service vehicle operators were driving along the Garissa-Masalani stretch amid reports that some were speeding at more than 120km per hour to make more trips at the peril of the helpless passengers.
The meanwhile the wedding ceremony was turned into mourning as news of the tragic development spread like bushfire throwing the entire party into disarray as efforts to lay the mother in law in accordance vto Islamic tradition took centre
Neither the medical officer in charge Masalani referral hospital Dr Abdi Malik Ibrahim nor the Officer commanding Hola police station Mr Ouma Danito could be reached as their phone went unanswered.
The wedding party later gathered for the burial ceremony at Masalani Muslim cemetery after fajr prayers.
By Mohamed Dahir
