A 10-year-old primary school pupil drowned while swimming in a water pond along River Kithyoko in Migwani Sub-County, Kitui County.
The deceased was a Grade Five pupil at Kyangungi Primary School, police said.
Police officers who visited the scene found the boy’s lifeless body floating in a river pond within Kyusiani Sub-Location.
Preliminary reports indicate that the child had accompanied other youths to swim in the afternoon at a pond estimated to be 10 metres deep when he drowned.
The body was retrieved from the water, with police reporting no visible external injuries.
The scene was processed before the body was moved to Thitani Mortuary, where it is awaiting a postmortem examination.
Police have commenced investigations into the incident.
And a 39-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a moving commuter passenger train along the railway line at KTDA area in Miritini, Mombasa County.
The incident occurred at around 9.10am on Thursday, November 12, as the train travelled from Miritini Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) Terminus towards Mombasa Railway Terminus.
The deceased was identified as Faith Njoki, a resident of the Miritini/Vikobani area.
Njoki was walking alone along the railway line when she was struck by the approaching train, sustaining severe head injuries that killed her instantly.
Her family indicated that the deceased had a history of epilepsy, although it did not establish whether the condition contributed to the incident.
Police officers from Mombasa Railways Police Station visited and processed the scene before removing the body to Coast General Hospital Mortuary awaiting a postmortem examination.
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