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A man points at a collapsing section of a quarry where 32-year-old Sammy Oyoro was burried alive at Kelelwet quarry while harvesting sand in Barut, Nakuru. [Kennedy Gachuhi/Standard]
A 32-year-old man died while harvesting sand at a banned quarry in Barut.
Sammy Oyoro died after a heap of sand collapsed on him in the over 60-foot deep Kelelwet quarry.
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