Monrovia, Feb. 27 -- Police in Yekepa, Nimba County have launched investigations into two devastating incidents in Camp 4, a bustling mining community just outside Yekepa in Nimba County.

The tragedies, unfolding within hours of each other, have left residents reeling, plunging the Camp 4 town into mourning and outrage.

In the first heartbreak, a 35-year-old Mary Brown, a nine-month pregnant woman with a long history of epilepsy, met an untimely death Wednesday morning.

Residents woke to the somber news after Brown ventured to a nearby creek with its murky waters swollen from recent rains to wash clothes.

Witnesses described how she suddenly collapsed, seizing from an epileptic episode and tumbled into the fast-flowing stream.

Despit...