On September 18, his bicycle developed a problem, prompting him to take a taxi to have it repaired. The vehicle later cr@shed into a truck near Ouesso, close to the Congo-Cameroon border. Masaisai, the taxi driver and two other passengers d!ed in the crash. Before embarking on his final journey, Masaisai had also cycled from Goma to Cape Town, South Africa, in 2025.
