Two-year-old boy dies after falling from balcony of house in Ongata Rongai
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A two-and-a-half-year-old boy died after falling from the third floor of an apartment in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County.
The boy was playing with other children on the balcony of the building when she suddenly fell off.
Witnesses said he had leaned on a metal grill on the balcony while playing when it cracked and let him off to the ground floor.
He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries, police said of the December 8 incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
Elsewhere in the Ruai area, Nairobi, one Peter Kariuki, 25 drowned in a swimming pool in the Utawala area.
Police said he was swimming as he asked his brother to take a video of him in the session.
He had gone to the area for the swimming sessions on Tuesday afternoon when the incident happened at the Jathniel Swimming Pool.
He was removed from the water while unconscious and rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police were informed of the tragedy and visited the scene as part of the probe. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Meanwhile, three suicide incidents were Tuesday reported separately, police said.
The first incident in Sunton area, Kasarani where one Virginia Mwende, 28 died after jumping off from the rooftop of an apartment in a suicide mission.
The woman had been exhibiting signs of depression before the incident happened, her family said.
She went to the fourth floor of the apartment and jumped off before landing fatally.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The other incidents were reported in Bonyamatuta in Nyamira and Kianyabinge, Kisii Town. The bodies were moved to the mortuaries pending autopsies.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise amid efforts to address the menace of depression.