Child crushed by water tank
A falling water tank crushes a child to death and seriously injures two others.
NKOMAZI – A water tank that fell over at a primary school crushed an eight-year-old child and injured two other pupils on Tuesday morning.
Zipho Nsingwane was instantly killed and Musa Khoza and Christian Dlamini were in a serious but stable condition.
According to police spokesman Col Leonard Hlathi, the three children attended Majembeni Primary School. “The incident happened during break time when the schoolchildren went to go drink water from the JoJo tank.” He said Zipho died immediately, but Musa and Christian were seriously injured and rushed to the nearest hospital. He confirmed that they were in a stable condition.
He said the police were investigating how the tank could have fallen over.
Spokesman for the Mpumalanga Department of Education, Mr Jasper Zwane said the department was shocked to learn of Zipho’s passing and the two other injured pupils. He said it was also currently looking into the circumstances which led to this happening.
“Officials from both the wellness and psychological services of the department have been deployed to the school to render counselling services to the learners and the affected families.”
Zwane concluded that the department conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
