Two
people have been reported dead during the course a soak-away drilling along the
busy Kairaba Avenue road.
The
deceased, Ba Sainey a native of Wulli in the Upper River Region and Lamin
Manneh, a native of Jarreng in the Naimina District of CRR died after slipping
into a soakaway at a restaurant, La Parisienne.
A
source familiar with the matter told The Point that the two youths were
contracted by the restaurant owner to pull out the sand from the soakaway.
According
to our source, it was Ba Sainey who first entered the soakaway but could not
climb back. His friend Lamin also attempted to rescue him, but similar fate
befell him too.
The
deceased were both residents of Wellingara. Another source that spoke to our
reporter said the deceased slipped into the soakaway at the La Parisienne
restaurant.
The
spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force couldn’t be reached for comments at the
time of gathering the report.
