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10-year-old boy dies after falling from building in Kitengela

The body was later moved to the Shalom Community Hospital mortuary.

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by KURGAT MARINDANY

Counties23 October 2022 - 06:46
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  • • Eyewitnesses told the Star that the boy was playing with others before he allegedly climbed on an old water tank on the 4th floor before slipping.
The body of the boy who fell down from a fourth floor building in being moved to Shalom Community Hospital in Athi River from Kitengela Medical Services Hospital in Kitengela town on Saturday night.

Police in Kitengela town are investigating a case in which a class four pupil fell from Destiny Flats’s 4th floor on Saturday evening.

Eyewitnesses told the Star that the boy was playing with others before he allegedly climbed on an old water tank on the 4th floor before slipping.

The boy was rushed by his mother to Kitengela Medical Services for medical attention after she was informed by neighbours.

At the hospital, the boy was pronounced dead.

The hospital's administrator, Moses Saning'o, said the deceased boy broke his skull after the fall.

The body was later moved to the Shalom Community Hospital mortuary in Athi River, Machakos county.

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