Three workers killed as perimeter wall collapses at Riverside construction site in Ngara, Nairobi
Three people were killed after a perimeter wall collapsed at an active construction site in Riverside, Nairobi, on Saturday morning. Eleven construction workers were rescued alive from the rubble and rushed to nearby medical facilities with severe injuries, according to police and Nairobi City County Government. The county government said 39 workers were recorded at [...] The post Three workers…
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.
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Also reported by 3 other outlets
- Wall Collapses on Workers at Nairobi’s Riverside Excavation Site capitalfm.africa
- 11 injured after wall collapses at Riverside drive kbc.co.ke
- Kenya Red Cross responds after wall collapses in Nairobi’s Riverside area peopledaily.digital
