{"id":502,"date":"2026-10-12T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=502"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:34:20","slug":"five-hospitalised-after-helicopter-crashes-during-take-off-in-kericho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Five Hospitalised After Helicopter Crashes During Take-Off in Kericho."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"932\" data-id=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261012_162535-1024x932.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261012_162535-1024x932-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261012_162535-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261012_162535-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261012_162535.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five people have been taken to hospital after a helicopter crashed while attempting to take off at Kericho Golf Club in Kericho County on Monday, October 12, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five occupants were reportedly in safe condition after the incident and were taken to hospital for medical assessment following the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The helicopter came down within the golf club compound shortly after attempting to take off, prompting an emergency response at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preliminary information suggests that poor weather conditions may have contributed to the accident, although the exact cause has not yet been officially established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details about the identities of those on board and the extent of any injuries were not immediately available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigations are expected to establish the circumstances surrounding the crash, with further information expected from the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege Five people have been taken to hospital after a helicopter crashed while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}