Search for water turns tragic as women, children die in killer wells

Rescuer try to dig through the soil in a well that collapsed burying two sisters who had gone to scope water in the water hole in Lopeduru village in Turkana East Sub County. Akai Ekomwa, 14 year old girl died in the tragedy when she was buried in the sand while her sister Akeno Ekomwa was rescued. PHOTO: LUCAS NGASIKE/STANDARD

Akeno Ekomwa, 12, escaped death when walls of a well caved in as she was fetching water in Lopeduru in Turkana East.

Unfortunately her sister Akai 14, was buried alive in the well that has now become a death trap for residents.