Two workers buried alive in Mombasa construction site accident
The construction site where two workers died after sand collapsed on them on March 10, 2020. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Two construction workers were on Tuesday buried alive after sand collapsed on them in Tudor, Mombasa.
The two workers died at the site in Kaa Chonjo, while two others were seriously injured.
The injured were taken to Mewa Hospital in Majengo where they are receiving treatment.
Urban police commander Eliud Monari told the Nation on the phone that investigations into the incident were under way.
Some 20 workers were on site when the incident happened.
Some narrowly escaped death after they were rescued by their colleagues.
One of the workers said one of the victims had just spoken to his wife on the phone before he was buried alive.
“I heard him speaking to his wife and he promised to call her again after work, only for him to die,” one of the workers told the Nation.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Coast General Hospital mortuary.
