At least four workers were killed Friday morning after walls of a sewer line they were constructing collapsed in Nairobi’s Shauri Moyo area.
Three others were rescued in the tragedy that occurred at about 5 am.
Emergency teams responded to the scene minutes after an alarm was raised stating that seven people were trapped in the rubbles.
They managed to rescue three, while the four died.
National Police Service spokesperson Resila Onyango said rescue teams had rescued three people.
“They were excavating a sewerage line when it collapsed. We have lost four while three have been rescued,” she said.
Rescuers from the county government and Kenya Red Cross responded to the site and managed to rescue the three.
“Three individuals have been rescued and taken to Mama Lucy Hospital, thanks to a joint operation involving the Nairobi City County Fire Brigade, Nairobi County Ambulance, Kenya Red Cross and Kenya Police,” Kenya Red Cross said in a statement.
Such incidents are common at construction sites.
