Mu mujyi wa Kerrville, muri Leta ya Texas, habaye inkuru ibabaje cyane y’umugabo wagaragaje ubutwari bukomeye mu masaha ya nyuma y’ubuzima bwe, ubwo yahaga abana be ubutumwa bwa nyuma mbere yo gutwarwa n’umwuzure.
Jeff Ramsey, w’imyaka 61, yari umucuruzi w’ubwishingizi utuye mu mujyi wa Lewisville. Ku itariki ya 8 Nyakanga 2025, we n’umugore we Tanya Ramsey w’imyaka 46, bari bari mu biruhuko mu kigo cya HTR RV Park, ubwo imvura nyinshi yaguye ikabatera ubwoba n’urupfu.
Amazi yari amaze kuzura byihuse ubwo Jeff yahitaga ahamagara abana be babiri, Jake w’imyaka 24 na Rachel w’imyaka 23, abaha ubutumwa bw’akababaro buteye agahinda kenshi. Mu ijwi ryuje ubwoba n’agahinda, Jeff yabwiye umuhungu we Jake ati: “Buddy, ndagukunda cyane. Biragaragara ko tutari bubigereho. Mubwire Rachey ko na we mukunda.” Aya magambo, yavuzwe n’umugabo wamamayeho ubutwari n’ubwitonzi, yatumye abana be bumva uburemere bw’ibihe barimo. Jake yagize ati: “Data sinigeze mumva ahangayitse, ariko uwo munsi twumvise ubwoba n’ikiniga mu ijwi rye.”
Jeff yakoze uko ashoboye kugira ngo arokore abandi bantu bari aho hafi, barimo murumuna wa Tanya na nyina, abasaba kuva aho bari kuko amazi yari amaze gutangira kwinjira mu nyubako. Yabakuye aho bari baryamye, kuko iyo baramuka bahamaze ijoro bari kujyanwa n’amazi. Nubwo yabashije gukiza abo bantu, we n’umugore we ntibabashije kurokoka.
Umugore we Tanya Ramsey yarokowe nyuma y’amasaha make amazi amaze kugenza make, ariko byaje gutangazwa ko yapfuye. Umuryango wabo watangaje ko imbwa yabo yitwa Chloe, bari kumwe mu modoka, yo yarokotse kuko yari ifite chip yabashije gufasha mu kuyibona.
Ubutumwa bwo kuburira abaturage kugira ngo bimuke bwaje butinze, kuko bwatanzwe nyuma y’uko Jeff yohereje ubutumwa bwe bwa nyuma. Jake yavuze ko ubwo se yoherezaga ubwo butumwa bwa telefoni, amazi yari yamaze kugera ku rwego rwo hejuru, kandi ari bwo ubwo butumwa bwo kwimuka bwari butangiye gutangwa. Yagize ati: “Yatwoherereje ubwo butumwa ubwo amazi yari yamaze kudusatira. Ni ibintu bitazibagirana.”
Abana ba Jeff barasaba ko hakongerwa imbaraga mu gutanga amakuru y’ubutabazi hakiri kare, kugira ngo abandi bantu ntibakomeze gupfa mu buryo nk’ubu. Jake yavuze ati: “Ni inzozi mbi ku muryango wacu. Ntituzibagirwa ijwi rya papa avugana ubwoba kandi agerageza kutwereka ko adukunda mu buryo bwa nyuma.”
Iyi nkuru ibabaje y’umugabo witanze kugeza ku munota wa nyuma, yerekanye ukuntu urukundo rw’umubyeyi rudashira ndetse n’uko ubutabazi bwatinze bushobora gutwara ubuzima bw’abantu. Ni isomo rikomeye ku miryango n’inzego zifite inshingano zo kurinda abaturage mu bihe by’ibiza.