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A Kenyan man died after he was hit by an 18-wheeler truck in Harrison County, Texas on Friday.
US-based media KLTV reports that 42-year-old Allan Onucko was walking along Interstate 20 around 5:22am when a truck struck him.
The deceased was accompanied by his younger brother, Gilbert Otieno, a lawyer who runs a Nairobi-based law firm, George Gilbert Advocates.
“He was with his younger brother and they ran out of fuel that morning. So, he decided to rush to a nearby fueling station to buy fuel and that is how he was knocked by a truck,” Onucko's aunt, Susan Oruya says.
After he was knocked down by the truck, Onucko was run over by other vehicles, crashing his body to pieces.
The accident comes two weeks after Onucko, who hails from Homa Bay County, returned to the US on December 19th, 2018 after visiting his family in Kenya for five days.
Onucko moved to the US in 2002 as a permanent resident and has been living in Wisconsin with his wife and daughter. His wife Everline is pregnant with their second child and had planned to hold her baby shower on Sunday, January 6th.
Plans to airlift his remains to Kenya for burial are ongoing.
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Oh My goodness, what a tragedy, prayers to their family . RIP
That's a very insensitive way of reporting a death Mwakilishi. Crashed to death and body cut into pieces by another car. Atakama nikutafuta followers. There are more sensitive ways of reporting and respecting the departed and their families.
As I read the headline, I thought the same way. It doesn’t hurt to say Allan was “hit” by a truck, instead of “crashed” I don’t even think they need to report it was an 18 wheeler. Sad.
@Alternative thinka. I have said many times (on this Forum) that 99% of Kenyans have Rotten hearts; as such have No hearts. So for the sake of the Bereaved: Just "take heart".
Completely agree with you. Journalism comes with responsibility. Please, MWakilishi, have that in mind while putting information to the public. Remember words matter and how it is put makes a difference. Family members are already in pain, please don't add to their pain by putting more gruesome color to what is already tragic. I know some times dramatizing article add more readers, but when writing such a tragic event, please put dramatization aside and ask yourself if you were a brother or a sister to the deceased would you like to be hit by such words. Such dramatization may end up haunting some relatives more than the death itself!
Poleni kwa nyote mliofiwa. Nawapeni mkono wa tanzia.
Lord of Mercy! Quite incompressible and painful indeed! Much condolences to his family and friends. A second Fatal case of road accident in TX involving a Kenyan walking within the past 3 weeks!
Poleni, may the Lord strengthens the family at this difficult time.
Poleni sana familia n May mwene nyaga comforts n gives u strength!Death is always walking n sleeping with us anywhere we go in this world whether ur educated,poor,rich,single,married,divorced whether ur in western world or in poor countries u cannot run away from death if it's yr day thou there r those which happens due to our foolishness like this one?The diasporas who always yep about our drivers killing pple r not yapping here about this american drivers who was driving bad killing our pple?Lets not b always commenting one sided!
Would it hurt you so much to just say RIP and leave the other diaspora comments for another. You really lack decorum !
Poleni sana.
Boy! Beautiful family. R.I.P bro.
@formelyguest2 i was talking to pples like you who think diasporas is the safest place n u cannot die there?You guys u see some accidents happening hapa home n u staring talking shit blaming anything n everything but zikifanyika huko makwenyu maheaven majuu u don't want to use the same zeal negativity to comment.Please let's not b taking sides n yapping what we only want to see?????.Again poleni sana familia n Any assistances moneywise tutumiwe info we contribute.
Whatever you mean by "people like me" I criticized lack of decorum , I never said there are no accidents, prime news is always reporting tragedies but why don't you take the high road of generalizing me with everything that you hate about America. Bravo!
May I remind you, I visit Kenya more often and accept our successes and failures just like you- so never in your twisted outlook assume I'm one of those you call bila makaratasi or do menial jobs ( nothing wrong with that btw) , just like I accept my adopted country with a balanced view as well but hey Lump me in with "people like you"
P/S you do not know me sir and never purport to know what I stand for .Actually I could flip the script and say , people like you will always pit Kenya and USA against each other as if these are the only two countries in the universe and the fact that you are so fixated with USA speaks volume - just saying ! Sir lead your life with content , happiness and stop your crazy 'you people" , life is too short to stay fixated with a country done you wrong !And word of advice, choose a different forum to say your shit not on maombolezi article, it is called class !
Everyone who drives in the US knows that US highways are closed to pedestrians and bicycles to prevent tragic incidents such as this. Common sense dictates that you should remain in your vehicle if it stalls and call 911 or a road rescue service. Crossing the highway where vehicle speeds average 140 km per hour is courting death, whatever the reason.
May his soul R.I.P.To the bereaved, take heart.Additionally I wish folks were respectful of the departed and instead of baseless decorum just express condolences and thank the reporters. Some of us deserve no less than censorship.
Thought you call Triple A when you run out of gas. Besides how the hell do you run out of gas? Lack of paying attention killed him
I want to send my Condolence to beloved family and May our Mighty God give you strength and guidance through this time. Also 10X please keep your insensitive comment to youself . think if that was your own brother or relative would like someone to say what you wrote? Poleni Family God is watching over you be strong in Lord .
Folks atragic and fatal accident happened.No point talking about-shoulda-coulda-woulda.The victim may have made a poor judgment that resulted in his death.Who amongest us hasnot made amistake and fortunately did not turn tragic?How many ihave had sex without protecting?Yes accidents happen as much as we try to avoid them.Some with catastrophic consequences.
Lets not second guest where the blame lies.Its done, its over.All we can do is to console the family,help where we can and hope for the best.Iam not a prophet of doom,but this is not the lasttime will read about tragedy.Iwish it was,but we are living in a world of accidents among other evil things,or bad things.Vehicle are very covenient,better than donkeys and oxes which don't kill us much.But we have to accept that our good machines,when they go wrong due to human error or otherwise,misfortunes occur.
Alan has an older daughter named Alanna Achieng from his previous marriage. It’s a shame no one mentions her in any of these news reports. She is his first born.
So sad may our Heavenly Father comfort and strengthen the family at this difficult moment .pole sana
Sounds like he was drunk, road rescue on the road is free, *98 or something. When African move to the US they must learn to adapt. Don't drive if you can't afford gas!
So unfortunate.Accidents happen.RIP