GOGO KILLED BY FALLING TREE

MBABANE – A 60-year old woman was killed by a tall tree measuring 10 metres, which fell on her on Friday.

Nomasonto Zwane was epileptic and she was on her way to LaMgabhi Constituency last week Friday to attend a launch of an epilepsy club that was being launched in the community for people with her condition.

The incident happened at around 10am and Zwane died while she was still being rushed to hospital.
Information gathered is that certain community members were cutting down the trees so they could go and sell the wood.

On the Friday, Zwane was less than a kilometre away from her home while walking towards the constituency’s meeting place.
The people who were cutting down the trees said they did not see the elderly woman until it was too late and when they warned her to move out of the way she ran to the direction, the falling tree.

Personnel from Emergency Medical Services were called immediately to the scene to rush Zwane to hospital.
The elderly woman was bleeding from her mouth and nostrils and could not talk.

Seeing that the ambulance was taking too long to arrive, she was then transported in a vehicle belonging to a community member.
On the way to hospital, they met the emergency response ambulance and when they tried to transfer her into the ambulance, they were informed that they would not take Zwane since she had already passed away.  

Her son, Bheki Zwane, said they were informed by their elder brother about the incident.
“Our mother was still a strong woman and she would have lived for more years had it not been for this sudden death. I did not believe that she was dead until I saw her body at the mortuary. Her arms looked like they were fractured by the tree.

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