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Three women die as gold mine collapses in West Pokot

West Pokot mines

Miners in deep gold mines at Seger, in Segor, West Pokot County. Three women died on Tuesday morning at a gold mine in Nyelnyel.

Photo credit: Pool I Nation Media Group

Three women died while two others sustained injuries after a gold mine collapsed on Tuesday at Nyelnyel, West Pokot County.

A witness, Farah Murilla told the Nation that the women who were excavating gold were buried in the rubble in the morning disaster.