A heartbreaking accident occurred in Nairobi when 5-year-old Idi was fatally hit by a school bus while playing with friends outside his home.
Earlier that afternoon, Idi had come home from school around 3:30 PM, had a snack, and told his mother, Rupees, he was going out to play. Just two hours later, at around 5:40 PM, he was struck by the bus.
Rupees rushed to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital after receiving the devastating call but hesitated to see her son, fearing the worst. When she finally gathered the courage, she was met with the heartbreaking news—her son had not survived.
“When I saw him, my child was so crushed… that driver finished my son,” she said in tears.
The bus driver was arrested, and the vehicle is under investigation at Buruburu Police Station. Idi’s body remains at the hospital awaiting a post-mortem before being moved to Chiromo Funeral Parlour.
Rupees, who shared her pain in a viral TikTok video, thanked well-wishers and appealed for support to give her son a proper farewell. She is also caring for her nearly two-year-old daughter. “At least God left me with one,” she said.
