Tragedy struck yesterday in Takau village of Jema’a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, when three youths of the area lost their lives after inhaling smoke from a power generator while attempting to drain water from a well.
A family source told LEADERSHIP that the deceased were contracted to deepen a new well that had been dug to ensure adequate supply of clean water. On getting to the well, the youths brought a power generator to pump the little water out of the well in order to allow digging to commence.
According to the source, “realizing that the huse of the pumping machine was short, one of the? youths? went into the well with the power generator before putting it on. Soon after, he lost consciousness? inside the well, without the knowledge of his colleague, because of the smoke he inhaled from the power generator.”
Worried over the unanswered calls from the youth inside the well, the second youth assisting from outside entered the well to ascertain what was wrong, but as soon as he got in, he inhaled the smoke, and collapsed.