A 42-year-old woman died after a perimeter wall collapsed on her as she walked her seven-year-old child to school in Kangemi area, Nairobi.
Roselyne Khayecha was walking with her child Tuesday morning as she escorted him to school.
Police and witnesses said a perimeter wall collapsed on them killing the woman on the spot while the child was seriously injured.
They were both rushed to Kikuyu Mission Hospital, where the woman was pronounced dead on arrival. The child was admitted in stable condition.
The body of the deceased was brought to Muthangari police station by family members on a private car before it was moved to the mortuary.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
Elsewhere, a body was found on the roadside along Ngong Road, Nairobi.
Police officers rushed to the scene and found the body of an unknown male adult aged about 20 years lying dead.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
And in Kabiro area, Dagorreti, a 34-year-old woman died by suicide.
The body of Lorna Mwanje was found hanging on the roof of her house with a rope tied around her neck.
Police visited the scene and took the body to the mortuary.
the body of one namely Lorna Mwanje a female adult aged 34 years old, had been discovered hanging dead from the roof of their house, with a rope tied around the neck.
The body was taken to the mortuary.
Police say they recorded seven cases of suicide on Wednesday alone terming the trend alarming.
The other cases were reported in Muthangari, Menengai, Kaptembwo, Mauche in Njoro, Imbiakalo in Kakamega and Akala in Siaya.
The bodies of the victims are lying in mortuaries pending an autopsy.
Suicide incidents have been on the rise in the past few days at an alarming rate.
Suicide is a leading cause of death nowadays, officials say.