At least four persons suspected to be illegal miners have died following a mining pit collapse incident at Bepotenten Sukuum, a farming community in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti region, according to local media on Thursday.
Assemblyman of the area, Samuel Ekwam Ananse, who confirmed the incident said the mining pit caved in on a group of illegal miners at Bepotenten Sukuum at 16:00 local time on Wednesday, when the four were working at the site died on the spot.
Three of the deceased persons have been identified as Nartey Solomon (30), Ezekiel (22), Awudu (27), and Yaro (26), all of whom were residents of Bepotenten Sukuum.
Police from Jacobu were said to have received information of the tragedy at about 17:30 following a call by the assemblyman of the area, immediately proceeded to the scene.
The police crime-scene team inspected the site and conveyed the bodies to the St. Peter’s Catholic Hospital Mortuary in Jacobu, where they are being preserved pending autopsies.
Meanwhile, the police is yet to issue an official statement on the incident. Enditem
