Tragedy struck a village in Kiambu when two men who had been hired to deepen a 50 feet well drowned therein.
The first victim to suffocate in the well was Kelvin Marothe who had gone therein to help clean the water point and deepen it on November 8.
His colleague who was helping in pulling out the debris from the well said Marothe became unresponsive to his calls and directives.
They had been hired by the owner of a home to deepen the well after it dried up in producing water.
According to witnesses, it was then that the colleague raised alarm saying he suspected the man was dead or unconscious.
One local identified as Vincent Buleri, 42 volunteered to get into the well to rescue him.
He too became unresponsive when called. He had died too in the well.
Officials from the fire brigade responded and managed to retrieve the two bodies from the well.
Police said they suspect the two suffocated in the well.
Kiambu police boss Perminus Kioi said they suspect the two died out of lack of oxygen in the well. “We advise locals not to get people who are not in experts in such things. They may have suffocated therein,” he said.
The scene was processed and bodies removed to Kihara level four hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem .
Such tragedies have been on the rise in the area as people seek to get water.
In October this year, three men drowned in a borehole in an accident in Gatundu, Kiambu.
Police said one of the victims who was inside the borehole operating the water pump collapsed and drowned after he ran out of oxygen before two others rushed to help him but also drowned.
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