- Neighbours dashed to the house and helped him to rush her to Mama Lucy Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
- Police who visited the mortuary said the body had visible injuries on the back of her head.
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A 42-year-old woman died after she slid and fell on her head in her house in Mihango, Nairobi.
Dorcas Nina was in her house and was walking downstairs when she slid and fell, hitting her head.
The woman was in the company of her husband on Saturday morning and had arrived home from a night out.
The man told police the woman went mute and fell into unconsciousness forcing him to raise an alarm for help.
Neighbours dashed to the house and helped him to rush her to Mama Lucy Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police who visited the mortuary said the body had visible injuries on the back of her head.
The team also visited the house where the incident happened as part of the probe into the same.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they are investigating the incident to establish what happened.
“The husband says she fell in the house hitting her head which may have led to the death. We are investigating it,” he said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending further probe and autopsy.
Elsewhere in Mowlem, Dandora, a mason was electrocuted as he plastered a house under construction.
Daniel Mukira was on the rooftop of the four-story building plastering it when he accidentally fell on three high-voltage electric cables.
The cables burnt him and threw the body down to the ground floor after electrocution. Witnesses said the body had serious burns then.
Locals rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body is lying at the Mama Lucy mortuary.
Electrocution has emerged as part of the leading causes of death in most estates in the country.
Officials blame the trend partially on illegal power connections.
There is an ongoing campaign to address the menace mostly in informal settlements.