- A man working on the Kariminu II dam pipeline project was crushed to death while on duty on Thursday.
- This was after the excavator he was working on overturned and tumbled down a slope near Karela village in Gatundu South constituency.
- According to local residents, the accident may have been caused by the ground collapsing due to heavy rain.
Kai Eri, a journalist with TUKO.co.ke, has over three years of experience covering Kenyan politics and current events.
On Thursday, May 9th, a plant operator was tragically killed while working in southern Gatundu.
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According to news sources, the man was carrying out excavation work for the Kariminu II dam pipeline project near the village of Karela when the accident occurred.
As he was performing his mission, controlling the machine towards a slope, the machine overturned and rolled down the Kafundu River, crushing him.
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Local residents at the scene attributed the accident to fragmentation caused by widespread heavy rains.
“He worked hard to support his family, but died on the job. The area where he was digging was a steep downhill slope, and the soil was slippery due to the rain. He risked his life. “He was exposing himself,” the Star newspaper reported, citing an eyewitness. Say.
The incident comes days after another excavator killed a boy during a forced evacuation in Nairobi's Matale district.
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Her mother said the teeth of the excavator's bucket pinned her skull down, and her efforts to flee the scene were futile.
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She explained that moving company operators rejected distress calls from local residents requesting more time to retrieve their belongings and children.
The death sparked mass protests in the slum, with local residents vowing not to leave until they were shown alternative housing.
It took the intervention of state law enforcement officials to de-escalate the situation.
The accident occurred a day after President William Ruto toured the area.
He was there on Monday, May 6, to assess the flooding situation.
His clarion call was for people in riparian areas to leave in search of safer places.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
