Tragedy in Zimbabwe as family of four dies due to suffocation

In a tragedy that has left the whole of Budiriro
Community shocked, four members of same
family on Monday, February 13, 2017, were
reported died after they suffocated in a well.
According to Zim News, three brothers, Tom 35,
Cleopas Jnr 32, and Mclove Jokomela 31 decided
to clean their well which is situated in front of their house.

They were said to have managed to empty most
of the murky water from the well but it turned out
to be a nightmare when the youngest decided to
get inside the well to remove the remaining water.

Narrating the sad occurrence, their mother, Grace
Chikembe Jokomela, explained how the other two
brothers and her husband followed into the well in
a bid to help but also died due to suffocation. 'McLove went into the well first and when
he was suffocating, the other brother went
in to rescue him and he as well
suffocated. The third also went in and suffocated as well. That is when we called their father, who also suffocated trying to
rescue my last son who was still alive.

We suspect that there was lack of oxygen in the
well after they had used a generator pump to
pump out the water, she added.
It was also reported that the Fire Brigade and an
ambulance team were called in but at the time of
their arrival, all the four were already dead.