Painter dies after falling off building

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Malawi

 

A 25-year-old man has died in Limbe Township after falling off a building while painting.

According to Deputy Public Relations Officer for Limbe Police Widson Nhlane, the deceased has been identified as Davie Shawa who was a painter for Opco Limited.

Nhlane said on 11 July 2017, Shawa was working at an upstairs building opposite Blue Bird Hotel in Limbe Township.

“While he was painting the building he slipped on a plastic sheet that got broken and fell,” said Nhlane.

He was rushed to Malawi’s Queen Elizabeth Centre Hospital where he died while receiving treatment on the same day.

Postmortem shows that death was due to severe brain damage.