Grapevine

By Monitor
Oct 8, 2024

Man drowns in flooded road while moving bull for independence day celebration

A 55 year old man has drowned to death in water in an attempt to move a cow across a flooded road in Kwania District.

Geoffrey Ojok, a resident of Enyon Village, Alel Parish in Akali Subcounty was moving a cow from Adograo Parish in Chawente Sub-county on October 8 at around 2pm and he drowned when he attempted to move with a cow along a flooded road.

Mr Walter Engur, a resident of the area, narrated how the incident happened.

"He was moving a bull he bought from Adograo Parish then he tried to move along a section of the road which was already flooded but the bull turned wild in the middle of the water and pulled him to the deepest spot and he drowned and died,” he told Monitor on October 8.

Mr Alfred Aloka, another resident said;