A miner died after being buried by soil inside a mining shaft in Nyatike Sub-County, Migori County.
According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening at Matanda area in Kalangi Sub-location.
Police officers who visited the scene found the body of Steve Odhiambo Byron, 18, lying outside the mining shaft after it had already been retrieved by local residents and fellow workers.
Preliminary investigations established that the deceased had been working inside the shaft when a heap of soil suddenly collapsed and buried him.
The owner of the mining shaft informed investigators that efforts were immediately made to rescue the victim, but he succumbed before he could be assisted.
Police processed the scene before moving the body to Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting postmortem examination.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
In a separate incident, police in Chepalungu Sub-County, Bomet County, recovered the body of a 64-year-old man who is believed to have drowned in River Nyangore.
According to police, the body was spotted on Wednesday morning at around 8am by a young man near the old water supply plant, about 800 metres from the suspected drowning point.
The body was later retrieved from the river and positively identified by family members as that of John Kiprono Soi, a resident of Chebara Village within Ariyet Sub-location.
Police officers who visited the scene reported that the body had noticeable signs of decomposition.
The remains were moved to Longisa County Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination.
The drowning incident had earlier been reported at the station on May 24.
Meanwhile, police in Mathioya Sub-County, Murang’a County, have launched investigations into the suspected murder of a 76-year-old man whose body was found in a farm near his home.
The body was discovered lying in a farm at Kangui village in Kambara Sub-location.
Police visited the scene and identified the deceased as Leonard Kimani Kamiri, who lived alone.
Police said the body was discovered a few metres from his house by his son, Julius Maina, who had visited his father’s homestead after attending a neighbour’s burial ceremony.
Investigators noted that the deceased had visible injuries on the back of the body, head and left leg, as well as a broken right hand near the shoulder, raising suspicion of a violent attack.
The scene was processed and investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death are ongoing.
