One Kenyan officer was killed while eight other police officers of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti sustained injuries after a road accident on Sunday.

According to MSS Spokesperson Jack Ombaka, the incident occurred at around 5 pm during a recovery operation involving two MaxxPro vehicles, as one was towing the other when it developed mechanical problems.

Injured officers and civilians were rushed to the Lambert Santé Hospital in Pétion-Ville, where the Kenyan officer and a civilian were pronounced dead.

“Eight MSS officers sustained injuries, three of the injured are in serious condition and require medical evacuation to the Dominican Republic for specialized treatment after initial care at the Aspen Level 2 Hospital at the LSA 2,” said Ombaka in a statement.

He further condoled with the families of those who lost their lives after the incident.

The National Police Service (NPS) has confirmed that the MSS, in collaboration with the Haitian National Police (HNP), is making arrangements to repatriate the officer’s body to Kenya and is ensuring the injured personnel continue to receive quality medical care.

His next of kin have also been notified.

The MSS Mission, led by Kenya, was deployed to Haiti over a year ago and the situation has however, continued to deteriorate, with its capital , Port-au-Prince, almost entirely under gang control.

Of the 2,500 police officers that the MMS had hoped to deploy to Haiti, only about 1,000 from six countries have been sent, including more than 700 from Kenya.