A pedestrian died after he was hit by a stone that fell from an upper floor of a house under construction in Pangani area, Nairobi.
Kevin Gikundi was walking past a residential house under construction when a stone fell from the twelfth floor and hit him on the head.
Police said he died on the spot before they were called to the scene.
The body was picked and moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.
Police said the construction site was closed pending further probe following the June 30 afternoon incident.
Such incidents have been on the rise amid calls for action on contractors to address the safety issues on the masons and pedestrians.
Officials from the National Construction Authority were called to the scene to join the probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, a man was burnt to death in an incident in Nairobi’s Korogocho slums.
Police said Julius Kimani Ndungu had been unwell and was sleeping in the house when the fire broke out killing him.
Her husband told police she had left for a local shopping center when she hear people scream for help and on checking she found it was her house that was on fire.
The man was burnt to death while therein.
Police arrived there moments later after locals had contained the fire and moved the body to the mortuary.
The issue is under probe, police said.
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