Police are investigating a fatal fall involving a three-year-old boy who died after reportedly falling from the fourth floor of a residential building in Kasarani Subcounty, Nairobi.
The incident happened on May 14, following a fall that occurred at an apartment in the Kahawa West area.
Nairobi police commander Issa Mohamud said the child was at the balcony of the fourth floor in the company of his seven-year-old brother when he allegedly fell off.
He was rushed to the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was later moved to the hospital mortuary for preservation and postmortem examination.
Investigators documented the primary scene at the apartment and the secondary scene at the hospital, where the body was found lying with visible head injuries.
Police said the scene has been processed and investigations into the circumstances surrounding the fall are ongoing.
And an eight-year-old boy drowned after accidentally falling into a water-filled abandoned quarry in Teso South Sub-County, Busia County.
According to the police, the incident occurred when the child was playing with other children near the quarry.
Investigators established that the abandoned quarry, located about 300 metres from the family homestead, had filled with water and was allegedly left uncovered by road contractors about five years ago.
It is believed the child accidentally slipped and fell into the quarry while playing with his peers, leading to the drowning.
The boy’s body was retrieved from the water lying in a supine position. Police confirmed that no visible injuries were observed on the body.
The scene was processed and documented by DCI officers before the body was moved to Alupe University Mortuary pending postmortem examination.
Elsewhere, police in Kiambaa Sub-County are investigating a suspected drowning incident after the body of an unidentified man was discovered along River Ruaka in the Gacharage area.
According to police at Rweno Police Station, the incident was reported on Thursday.
At the scene, police found the lifeless body of an unknown adult male lying along the riverbank. Preliminary investigations indicate the deceased may have drowned.
The scene was processed by investigators before the body was moved to Nairobi City Mortuary pending identification and postmortem examination.
Detectives from DCI Kiambaa have launched investigations into the incident.
And police in Mukaa Sub-County, Makueni County, are investigating a drowning incident after the body of a middle-aged man was recovered floating in a dam at Ikomba Village.
At the scene, police recovered the lifeless body of John Githangu Ndungu, floating in the dam.
Investigations further revealed that a missing person report had earlier been filed at Malili Police Post following the deceased’s disappearance on May 11.
Police confirmed that the body had no visible injuries.The scene was documented before the body was moved to Kilungu Sub-County Hospital mortuary pending postmortem examination.
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the drowning are ongoing, police said.
Another drowning incident happened in Baringo County. Police said they are investigating the incident and the body was moved to the mortuary.
