Kenyan media mogul SK Macharia’s son, John Macharia, died on Thursday night at the Karen Hospital after succumbing to serious accident injuries.
The freak accident occurred on the Southern Bypass.
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His female passenger,identified as Tracy Macharia aged 28 years,fortunately survived but sustained serious head injuries.
The crash happened at 11pm when John, who is said to have been speeding his Porsche 911 Turbo S 2016 over 200Km/h limit as seen on the speedometer gauge of the car.
Munene Maina, a witness of the crash, said he was driving behind the Porsche when its driver (Macharia), who was speeding, hit a road pot hole and lost control.
The car veered-off the road and eventually coming to a sudden halt after hitting a barricade next to an electricity pole by the roadside.
Mr Munene and his passengers, Mike and Linda Kamonya stopped to help.
They removed John from the car and a female passenger. Munene said they did not know who John was at the time of the crash.
The lady, who was conscious asked for a mobile phone so that she could call for help. She called her mother, who sent an Uber that took them to hospital, Munene said.
John was the director and founder of Triple A Finance and Direct Line Assurance.
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Careless driver,despite the cost of vehicle its elligible to an accident ,he cld have taken care