The student reportedly died after entering a gold mine shaft about 150 feet deep at the mining site in Suna West Sub-County, police said.
According to preliminary police reports, the student had entered the deep shaft at the artisanal mining site to begin work when he was reportedly electrocuted by a winch used to haul ore from the mine.
Officers found the body with blood oozing from the mouth and an injury on the left upper arm.
The scene was processed, and police began investigations into the circumstances surrounding the teenager’s death.
The body was removed and taken to Migori Level Four Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police are expected to establish how the electrical equipment at the mining site was being operated and whether safety measures were in place when the incident occurred.
Gold mining is common in the area, and accidents at the sites have left dozens of miners dead and others injured in the past year alone.
In another incident, a 17-year-old boy was found dead along the shores of Lake Victoria in Uhanya Village, Siaya County, in what police suspect may have been a drowning incident.
His body was discovered floating near Uhanya Beach in Usenge Sub-location, West Yimbo Location, on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the deceased was believed to have gone fishing along the shores of Lake Victoria before his death.
The body was swollen but had no visible injuries, according to preliminary police observations. He was wearing a black T-shirt and black trousers.
The boy’s father told police that his son had been living with epilepsy.
Crime scene officers documented the scene before the body was moved to Bondo Hospital mortuary, where it was preserved pending an autopsy to establish the exact cause of death.
