Former 400 meters World Champion Nicholas Bett has died in a road accident in Lessos, Nandi County on Wednesday.

Mr Bett died on the spot after the car he was driving veered off the road and landed in a ditch near Lessos along Eldoret-Kapsabet road.

The athlete made history in 2015 by being the first Kenyan gold medalist over a short distance in Beijing, China.