The Mysterious Drowning of Kenyan Student Sharon Jepkosgei Kigen in Australia
On Tuesday, a Kenyan student in Australia, Sharon Jepkosgei Kigen, drowned during a swimming excursion with friends.
Kigen had arrived in Australia in November 2022 and was still new to the country. According to 9News, she drowned at Sydney’s south-west in Georges River at Macquarie Fields at around 3:45 pm local time when she failed to resurface. Emergency services were immediately called to search for her in the water, and members of the public, along with officers from The Traffic and Highway Patrol, assisted in finding her. Unfortunately, NSW Ambulance paramedics could not revive her despite performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Kigen was a student at Australian Catholic University-North Sydney and hailed from Moiben, Uasin Gishu.
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