Kenya Navy divers have retrieved a body of a man from the Indian Ocean at the Likoni crossing channel.
This comes hours after a saloon car with an unknown occupants plunged into the waters at 4:20 am on Saturday.
According to the Kenya Ferry Services, a motorist driving a saloon car whose registration number plate has not yet been established drove off to the ramps with high speed to the ocean even after being flagged by our ramp controllers despite efforts to slow him down and stop.
The incident comes barely three months after Mariam Kighenda, 35, and her four-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu died after their car slid from the rear of MV Harambee just before it docked on the Island side.
Recovery operations are still underway, with Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho noting that he had immediately dispatched a unit from our inspectorate department to join multi agency rescue team in the ongoing operation.
The county chief has urged all ferry users and management to excercise extreme caution.
“In the meantime I urge all ferry users and management to excercise extreme caution as we join the families of the occupants in the vehicle in prayer. We cannot afford to have any more casualties in similar fashion more so when it can be avoided,” he posted.
