Toddler dies after drinking gasoline at mining camp

A two-year-old boy died on Saturday afternoon after drinking gasoline while at his mother’s mining camp at Hymaraka Backdam, Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven.
Dead is Ken Jacobs of Isseneru Village, Middle Mazaruni River.
Police on Saturday evening said that at about 13:00h, Ken and his mother were at the mining camp when she left the child unattended for a brief moment to tidy up the camp.
The woman subsequently observed her son vomiting what appeared to be blood, and upon examining him, she discovered that the boy had drunk some gasoline that was stored at the camp.
She rushed the child to the Isseneru Health Post, where he was seen and examined by the health worker, but while there, the toddler became motionless and was pronounced dead.
A report was made to the Police in the area and the toddler’s body was escorted to the Bartica Regional Hospital via boat. An investigation has been launched.