A lady and her daughter on a tour as a part of Eid celebrations, a girl and her toddler, and an engineer who had final visited Kerala six months in the past – these have been the 5 Keralites who have been killed in Monday’s street accident in Kenya.
They died after their bus fell right into a ditch whereas on its approach from Nakuru County to Nyahururu Thomson Falls in Laikipia County, 41 km south of Nyahururu City in Kenya. Twenty-three others — together with their relations — have been additionally injured within the accident.
All 5 of the deceased had been residing in Qatar. The 23 injured persons are at present being handled at a hospital in Nairobi.
In Palakkad’s Mannur village, Riya Ann, 41, was travelling along with her husband Joyal Joseph and their two minor youngsters when the accident occurred. Whereas Riya and her 8-year-old daughter Tyra have been killed, Joyal and his 12-year-old son Travis suffered accidents.
O V Swaminathan, a buddy of household, stated that Joyal labored with a journey and tourism agency in Doha, whereas Riya was employed with an airline upkeep agency there. Joyal and Travis are acknowledged to be secure and are at present present process remedy.
“They have been planning to return house subsequent month. The tour was a part of Eid celebrations and based on their schedule, they have been to return to Qatar on June 10. Riya’s mom Shanthi had spoken to her daughter hours earlier than the accident. They have been returning to the lodge when the accident occurred,” he stated.
It was solely final month that Muhammed Haneefa, a chartered accountant in Doha, had been to Thrissur in connection along with his father’s remedy. Though Haneefa survived the crash and is at present being handled, his spouse Jesna, 29 and their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Roohi Mehrin didn’t.
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“The households of each Jesna and Muhammed have been settled within the Center East for a number of years now,” Poornima Mohan, their neighbour in Thrissur, says.
Geetha Shoji Isaac, 57, was in Kenya with husband Shoji and son Abel.
From Cherukole close to Mavelikkara in Alappuzha, the couple have been engineers dwelling in Doha for 3 many years and had visited Kerala solely six months in the past.
“Their son, Abel Shoji Isaac can be an engineer and is working in Doha. One other son Joel is a health care provider in Kerala. After the tragedy, Shoji’s brother Ajith, who was in UAE, rushed to Nairobi,” Shoji’s cousin Boban says.
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Preparations are being made to ship the our bodies of the deceased again to Kerala.