A One-year-four months old baby boy has sadly died after allegedly being electrocuted while playing with an electrical socket in a spare bedroom of the house.
According to a report published by Mwebantu, Courage Silwimba is believed to have crawled to the room while his parents Lazarus Silwimba 28 and Hope Silwimba were in the sitting room having lunch.
The couple was then alerted by the silence of the child and rushed in search of the toddler who was found unconscious and then rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead
Police have since recorded a case of sudden and unnatural death.
“A one-year-four months old baby boy identified as Courage Silwimba died after he was suspected to have been electrocuted from a spare bedroom he was playing from, where an electrical socket was hanging whilst connected to a live power source. The baby was reported to have crawled to the room while its parents were in the sitting room having their lunch. They were alerted by a sudden silence that came in the room from where the boy was,” he said.
Mr Chileshe said when the parents rushed there, they found the toddler unconscious and rushed him to Mkushi District Hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
“Later the body of the deceased was inspected at the hospital by police and found no physical injuries. The body has since been deposited into Mkushi District Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem. Police visited the scene of the incident, and no foul play was suspected,” he said.
This is contained in a report published by Mwebantu.