Kenyan athletics family is mourning the sudden death of Joan Jepng’etich who died in a road accident back in the United States of America yesterday.
The accident cut short a promising future both in academics and athletics at 24 years when she was traveling with two other occupants when the car they were in was involved in a fatal crash.
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She died on the spot, while her companions sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the hospital
Back at her kapsabet home, parents and siblings are struggling to come to terms with the loss as the accident as she went to the USA to pursue sports scholarship at Carl Sandburg College in Illinois.
Jepng’etich had left Kenya in August 2023 after earning a scholarship through her exceptional athletic talent.
Her journey began at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa, before she transferred to Carl Sandburg College in Illinois to continue her nursing studies and compete for the school in athletics
The family is now grappling with the logistical and emotional challenges of repatriating her body to Kenya
They await further details from Carl Sandburg College and law enforcement authorities, who are conducting an investigation into the cause of the accident.