An 11-year-old boy died on Saturday after drowning in a borehole while fetching water in Ilkirakarien village in Narok East Sub County.
Confirming the incident, Narok County Police Commander Riko Ngare revealed that when the boy’s father realized that his son had fallen in the borehole, he risked his life to enter the borehole to rescue him but was unable to come out.
“The uncle of the deceased also risked his life to follow his brother in the borehole to see what was happening, when he realized the two had been stuck in the borehole, but unfortunately, he too was trapped inside it.”
He stated that this forced the mother of the deceased to raise an alarm, alerting the villagers, who came in large numbers to witness the incident.
One of the villagers volunteered to get into the borehole to see what was happening but unfortunately fainted and was quickly rescued by the neighbors as he had a rope tied around his waist.
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When the police arrived, they managed to rescue the two male adults who had been stuck in the pit in critical condition and retrieve the body of the boy.
The victims were rushed to Narok County Referral Hospital, where they are receiving treatment, and the body is being preserved in the same hospital’s mortuary.
