Joy turns into grief as Grade 9 student dies shortly after winning sports championship

Samwel Cheruiyot, a 16-year-old Grade 9 student at Chelilis Junior Secondary School, had emerged the winner in the shot put game when he fainted shortly after the games while celebrating his victory with fellow students.

He was rushed to Chelilis Clinic, were clinicians attempted to perform First Aid on him before he was rushed to the Litein hospital and later to the Kapkatet hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The cause of his death has not been determined.

Cheruiyot's father said the family will wait for a postmortem to be conducted, adding that his son had suffered from epilepsy.