Kiptum's father: "Strange people looked for him 4 days before his death"

Why are you so invested in this?

The Nation reports that Kiptum and his coach has been watching a Manchester United game earlier in the evening and were driving to watch the Africa Cup of Nations final. The article quotes a Collins Kipemboi who was waiting for them to watch the game between the Ivory Coast and Nigeria.

It seems like Kiptum may have been rushing to watch a soccer game when the accident happened. My understanding is that the time in Kenya is 3 hours behind the Ivory Coast where the match was held starting at 8pm, so a crash around 11pm would make sense.

Just a horrible tragedy.

Kelvin Kiptum accident probe: Car had no mechanical issues

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Kelvin Kiptum accident probe: Car had no mechanical issues

He was driving his Toyota Premio with two passengers on board.

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“Going by the assessment report, the vehicle was in good condition. The team conducting the investigations comprises road auditors, who are looking at the terrain of the area and the road condition, and motor vehicle inspectors looking at the mechanical state of the ill-fated vehicle,”

Than the question remains for Sharon WHY did Kelvin loose control over the vehicle?

Although one thing seems obvious, the truth has no chance in Kenya.

So why did the airbags didn’t go off?

This thread has turned into a tabloid.

There of the four men who showed up at Kelvin Kiptum's home days before his tragic death have been apprehended by police.

They were booked into the Kaptagat Police Station in Elgeyo Marakwet before being transferred to Iten for questioning.

https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/three-men-visited-kelvin-kiptum-home-fatal-car-crash-arrested-4524810

It appears that there might be something abnormal involved in this tragic death. The surviving woman will hopefully be forthcoming to set the recurs straight as an accident or something that had been done intentionally.

The 4 guys messed with the air bags?

Instead of some nearly impossible, logistical scheme to cause a fatal car accident, why didn’t the murderers just ambush him during a training run and shoot him?

Kinda hard to make a shooting appear to be an accident.

Why would it need to look like an accident?

Perhaps this was supposed to just be a significant warning and scare him? Maybe the car veered out of control after a rear hit (look at right rear bumper) and turned into a warning that got out of hand and had unintended consequences?

Is that more likely than that he was driving too fast and lost control? It’s happened before.

If you followed the thread you could understand that the question came from the statement made in the article, that the car was perfectly fine and functioning. Read the stuff dude, before commenting.

Was it Zane Robertson?

Considering the 3 men now in custody, combined with his father’s insistence that foul play was afoot, I think it might be considered. As stated, the woman in the back seat will hopefully put to rest any conspiracy theories vs highlight that something was amiss that night.

The 'Strange' people were not apprehended, they surrendered themselves to the police.

They were representatives from Qiaodan. (I.e. the company that Kiptum signed to after Valencia before doing a 180 and running in Nike gear at the London marathon)

they simply wanted him to uphold his end of the deal and even took photos with the family.

they gave their statements and were released

stop sensationalizing an accident please