11 injured after wall collapses at Riverside drive

A wall has collapsed at a construction site along Riverside Drive in Nairobi County, resulting in 11 people being injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross. EMS Kenya ambulances have evacuated the injured to nearby hospitals. The incident occurred near Grand Residence, where workers were engaged in excavation work. Rescue teams are currently on the scene, concerned about the possibility of additional trapped workers.

This event follows another tragic construction-related accident in Nairobi County, where at least six workers were killed when a building under construction partially collapsed during concreting works on the ninth floor. The collapse, attributed to formwork failure, led to the recovery of three bodies and three more men from the debris.

Nairobi police spokesperson Issa Mohamud reported that the morning operations have yielded these initial casualties.