The unbelievably tragic story of a man who died with his three sons on a single day in a well has been told.
The dead bodies being moved to a mortuary
We reported yesterday how four family members suffocated in a well in Budiriro, Harare, yesterday while trying to drain water using a submersible pump.
It is suspected that the man and his three sons could have died from inhaling carbon monoxide gas while in the deep well.
Now more details have emerged on the matter.
According to Herald, the deceased were members of Johanne Masowe
Housing Cooperative. A church member who preferred anonymity, identified
the deceased as Cleopas Jokomera and his three sons, Cleopas Jr (35),
Macliff (31) and Tom (age not given).
Zimbabwe Republic Police chief national spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident.
“I can confirm that four family members died today in Budiriro.
It is a sad situation and all the bodies were retrieved by the Sub-Aqua
Unit and the Fire Brigade,” she said.
“According to investigations, the family was trying to drain
water from a well using a pump which could have released carbon monoxide
and they inhaled it. They died one after the other while trying to
rescue each other.”
Snr Asst Comm Charamba said the family’s neighbour also jumped into
the well and tried to help the drowning brothers and their father.
“In a statement to the police, the neighbour said he did not
know how he came out of the well alive. He said he became weak and dizzy
as he went down the well,” she said.
Snr Asst Comm Charamba urged members of the public to call the
police first in such situations. She said the deaths could have been
avoided if they had called the police or sought for experts after the
first child had drowned.
She, however, added that Mrs Jokomera (the deceased’s mother/wife)
needed proper counselling as she was failing to come to terms with the
incident. A sombre atmosphere engulfed the Jokomera home after the
shocking death of the quartet.
Witnesses told The Herald that Mr Jokomera’s youngest son, Macliff
was the first to succumb to the suspected gas before falling into the
well.
“He went in first and then he complained that he was feeling weak while frothing before falling into the well,” said an eye witness who preferred anonymity.
“His other brother, Tom also got into the well to rescue him
and complained of the same problem before falling into the well as well.
“The other brother, Cleopas (Jnr) followed trying to rescue
them again but succumbed to the same gas before their father also went
in and also died.”
A neighbour, Mr Albert Takaendesa who also went in trying to rescue
them, survived as he quickly climbed out after feeling the effects of
the gas. Mr Takaendesa said the wife to Cleopas (Snr) called him for
help after realising that her three sons had died and when he arrived at
the scene, he found the father trying to get inside.
“I then advised Mr Jokomera to call the police but he insisted
that we should help his sons first, that’s when we got in, after I felt
weak, I quickly went out and managed to crawl away from the well,” he said.
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