Tambacounda: 8 Months Pregnant, 18-Year-Old Famatou Diallo Found Dead at the Bottom of a Well

Famatou Diallo, an 18-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant, died Friday at around 7 p.m. after falling into a well in Canapé village, in the Ndoga Babacar commune of Tambacounda. She had gone to collect water and reportedly lost her balance while pulling up a filled container with a rope. Her baby also died. Firefighters from Tambacounda’s 61st fire and rescue company recovered her body, and an investigation was opened to establish the exact circumstances of the accident.