CHIMANIMANI – In another sad incident, a 6-year-old girl died from serious scalds sustained after she accidentally collided with her grandmother who was carrying a bucket full of hot water at a Chimanimani village.
The accident, according to a police statement posted on the organisation’s official communication channel on social media, happened on 27 November at Matiashe Village, Chimanimani.
Police said. “The victim allegedly bumped into her grandmother who was carrying a bucket full of hot water and she fell onto the ground.
“Resultantly, the hot water spilled over the victim and she sustained burns on the head, stomach and back.
“The victim was taken to Beitbridge Hospital where she died on 28 November 2024 whilst receiving treatment.”
The incident follows yet another sad loss of a 6-month-old baby died a painful death after plunging into a bucket of hot water in Harare last month.
The baby, police said at the time, died upon admission at a local hospital in Harare after falling in a 20 litre bucket filled with hot water on 15 November 2024 at a house in Kambuzuma 5, Harare.
“The mother of the victim had left the bucket near a couch where the baby was sitting,” police reported.
