Two loaders were crushed to death by a heap of glass panes that they were offloading from a container in Nairobi’s Pangani area.
Police and management of a warehouse in the Ushirika Refu area said four men had been hired to offload glass panes from a lorry when the incident happened on Monday evening.
Officials termed the incident a tragedy, which will be investigated.
The victims identified as Peter Muiruri, 35 and Jeremiah Wambua, 30 were trapped and crushed by a heavy glass pane out of weight.
Their colleagues tried to rescue them in vain, police and witnesses said.
The two had been hired to the site to help offload the glass at Sh1200 each. But they did not make it.
Nairobi Regional Police Commander Adamson Bungei said they were called to the scene moments after it had happened.
“Two men who were trying to get bread for their families died in the incident. We are investigating the tragedy,” he said.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Police visited the scene of the incident as part of the probe into the tragedy.
