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Toddler dies in toilet pit
05 Feb 2016 at 12:09hrs | Views
A NEWBORN baby has died after being stuck in a pit toilet for three hours.
The incident happened on Tuesday after a woman who was nine months pregnant went to the toilet to relieve herself and ended up giving birth.
Mikateko Rihlapfu (23) from Maphophe Village, in Limpopo, told Daily Sun about her ordeal.
"At about 11pm, I felt the urge to go to the loo. When I started relieving myself, the baby came out and fell into the toilet. I didn't feel any labour pains," Mikateko said.
She said that when she realised that she had just given birth, she went back to the house to wake her mother up.
"When my mother and I rushed back to the toilet, we could hear the baby crying helplessly. I was hysterical and couldn't believe that my baby had fallen inside the toilet," she said.
The baby's corpse was taken out of the toilet the next morning after the cops and a risk management team had tried to rescue it.
Warrant Officer Sam Matsimbi said: "We received a call from the mother of the victim informing us that a baby had accidentally been delivered in a toilet. Unfortunately, the baby died while we were trying to break the toilet slab. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of death."
The incident happened on Tuesday after a woman who was nine months pregnant went to the toilet to relieve herself and ended up giving birth.
Mikateko Rihlapfu (23) from Maphophe Village, in Limpopo, told Daily Sun about her ordeal.
"At about 11pm, I felt the urge to go to the loo. When I started relieving myself, the baby came out and fell into the toilet. I didn't feel any labour pains," Mikateko said.
"When my mother and I rushed back to the toilet, we could hear the baby crying helplessly. I was hysterical and couldn't believe that my baby had fallen inside the toilet," she said.
The baby's corpse was taken out of the toilet the next morning after the cops and a risk management team had tried to rescue it.
Warrant Officer Sam Matsimbi said: "We received a call from the mother of the victim informing us that a baby had accidentally been delivered in a toilet. Unfortunately, the baby died while we were trying to break the toilet slab. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of death."
Source - Daily Sun
