Police officers have confirmed that marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum died as a result of injuries sustained from a road accident.
The confirmation came as members of the National Assembly urged that additional investigations be conducted to determine who the individuals reported to have visited Kiptum's residence in uncertain circumstances were.
According to the police, a closer examination of the accident scene and the Toyota Premio vehicle, which was towed to Kaptagat Police Station, revealed that the front end was undamaged and the airbags did not activate.
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“The sensor of the airbag normally is at the front, and if there was no impact on the front part of the vehicle, the airbags will not move. The impact (on Kiptum's car) was on the roof...on the top of the car...so that’s why we could not see the airbags out,” said Keiyo South OCPD Abdullahi Dahir.
Dahir also revealed that they had expanded their investigation into allegations that four unknown males trailed Kiptum four days before his untimely death.
Sharon Kosgey, who escaped the horrific tragedy uninjured, is also likely to help authorities reconstruct the circumstances that led up to the athlete and his coach's deaths.
Members of Parliament spent a minute of silence in memory of the world marathon record holder, who died in a horrific traffic accident with his coach on Sunday.
Kiptum's father has urged authorities to conduct inquiries into the identities of those he photographed and the car he claimed to have driven the people he said were following his late son.
Meanwhile, the family continues to cope with the loss of Kiptum, whom they described as a beacon of hope.
