Cocoa shed collapses on two women, injuring them

Madam Theresah Mansah, a pregnant woman, and another woman have been admitted in hospital following the collapse of a cocoa warehouse on them during a heavy rainstorm on Tuesday.

Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the incident at Ayomso Mr. Joseph Atta, an eye-witness, said a heavy downpour caused the wall of the warehouse near which the two women were preparing their supper to collapse on them.

He said the women were taken unconscious to the Goaso Government Hospital and later transferred to Adu Yaw Nkwanta Hospital.

In a related development more than 80 people have been rendered homeless at Fawohoyeden in the same municipality after a rainstorm ripped off the roofing of their houses.

Some of the houses were completely destroyed as a result of the storm making most of the victims to lose their personal effects.

The most affected building was Fawohoyeden District Assembly (DA) “A” Junior High School (JHS).

The chief of the town Okokodurofuo Boakye Dankwa appealed to the Asunafo North Municipal Assembly to assist the school and other victims to re-roof their buildings.

Source: GhanaWeb

You may like

Kennedy Agyapong has had his fine reduced to $500

Blow to Anas Aremeyaw: Kennedy Agyapong dodges $18m bullet, court slashes damages to $500

Peter Turkson

Ghana’s Peter Turkson among key contenders as Vatican eyes next pope

Chop bar

Foreign aid fails Ghana’s chop bar workers, new findings reveal

Qatar opens Quran centre in Accra

Qatar-funded Al-Mustafa Mosque opens in Accra as new centre for worship and Quranic studies

Ghana military leaders in Zimbabwe

Ghana military delegation tours Zimbabwe’s model waste facility

Ghana's economy is recovering

Ghana’s inflation eases again as stronger cedi boosts economic recovery

Public notice
WP Radio
WP Radio
OFFLINE LIVE