A British national has died in Kenya after being struck by a government vehicle that was part of the president’s motorcade.

A British man has been killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle in the motorcade of Kenyan President William Ruto. The man, who has been named as 79-year-old Edgar Riches, died on Thursday after being struck in the accident on a main road in the capital, Nairobi.

Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, died after being struck by a vehicle in the motorcade in Nairobi, Kenyan police say.

A 75-year-old British citizen, Edgar Charles Frederick, was fatally hit by a vehicle in President William Ruto's motorcade near Adams Arcade on Ngong Road in Nairobi. Police have identified the man killed by President William Ruto’s motorcade on Thursday, March 13, as 75-year-old British citizen Edgar Charles Frederick.

A foreigner whose nationality is yet to be established was on Thursday afternoon killed by President William Ruto’s speeding motorcade. The incident occurred along Ngong Road near the Adams Acarde area when one of the speeding vehicles in Ruto’s convoy ran over a middle-aged pedestrian, killing him on the spot.

Edgar Riches, 79, from Poole, Dorset, died on Thursday after he was struck on a road in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. He had been visiting relatives in the country when he was fatally injured, the BBC was told.

A British national has been killed in Kenya after being hit by a vehicle in the president’s motorcade. Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, was trying to cross a busy road in Nairobi when he was knocked over by a government vehicle of President William Ruto's motorcade.