30-year-old Taxi driver found dead at a petrol station in Hurligham

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•The body of John Kyalo, 30, was found in his salon car at the petrol station long after he had died.

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A taxi driver was found dead in his car that had been parked at a petrol station in Hurlingham, Nairobi.

The body of John Kyalo, 30, was found in his salon car at the petrol station long after he had died.

Police said they were called by security at the station and informed that there was a driver lying motionless in his car.

The guards told police Kyalo had Saturday midnight arrived there and walked into a shop at the station and bought a packet of milk and stomach reliever.

He had also inquired if a chemist that is at the station operates at that time but was informed it was closed.

He then walked back into the car and sat there but did not wake up until he was found dead hours later.

Kilimani police boss Moss Ndiwa said the man was found on the steering seat and that they are yet to establish the cause of the death.

"We don't want to speculate for now. Let us wait for a report from the autopsy to state what caused the death," he said.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.

Meanwhile, police are investigating another incident whereby a mason fell and died from a building under construction.

According to police, Godfrey Ongoma, 36 slipped and fell off from the 14 floor of a building under construction in Eastleigh, Nairobi.

He was among workers on duty at the site on Saturday afternoon when the incident happened.

Witnesses said he slipped off to the ground floor landing on his head as he tried to pull a machine that was elevating construction materials there.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.

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