Nairobi: 4 People Killed, Several Trapped After Excavation Site Collapses In Shauri Moyo

• The National Police Service has confirmed that four people have died after an excavation site collapsed in Shauri Moyo
• The police also confirmed that three other people were rescued and taken to the hospital for medical attention
• The Kenya Red Cross confirmed that the incident occurred on Friday, September 13, in the early morning hours

Shauri Moyo residents woke up to the tragic news of people trapped after an excavation site collapsed.

How many died at Shauri Moyo excavation site?

In a statement seen by TUKO.co.ke, the Kenya Red Cross said the incident was reported to have occurred on Friday, September 13, at around 2.50am.

National Police Service spokesperson Resila Atieno Onyango said that four people have been confirmed dead, while three others have been rescued and are currently receiving medical attention.

Atieno added that the mission to rescue those still trapped is currently underway.

"The scene is active and the operation is ongoing led by the regional security team," she added.

The three people who were rescued were taken to Mama Lucy Hospital following a joint operation by the Nairobi City County Fire Brigade, NMS Ambulance, Kenya Red Cross, and Kenya Police.

The workers were reportedly conducting an excavation at a sewage line when the tragedy occurred.

2 dead as sewer under construction in Kirinyaga collapses

In a separate incident, two construction workers were buried alive while digging a sewage trench at the Kirinyaga County offices.

The workers were reportedly engrossed in digging the trench in Kutus Town when the walls collapsed on them.

Kirinyaga County Executive Committee member for Public Works, Jared Migwi, confirmed the incident.

Migwi said a rescue operation was initiated immediately, leading to the rescue of two workers from the scene.

He expressed his regrets that two lives were lost, adding that their bodies had been moved to the Kerugoya Level Five Hospital morgue.

The two were part of a crew working for a national government contractor on the Kerugoya-Kutus sewerage line.

When the incident occurred, they were digging a trench to connect a sewerage pipe from the district headquarters to the main sewerage line in the Ndomba area.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke