Tag Archives: DROWN

Boy, 15, drowns at Osu ‘borla’ beach

A 15-year-old student, Emmanuel Avenu has drowned at the ‘Borla’ Beach at Osu. The sad incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Reports say the deceased said to be a student of St. Joseph Technical School, Kwahu Tafo, and resident at Odorkor in Accra, together with his friend had gone to visit …

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Boy,15, drowns in abandoned mining pit

A 15-year-old boy, Bright Mensah, has drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit at Amuanapraso a farming community in Birim North District of the Eastern Region. According to distraught parents of the deceased, he left home on April 30, 2020, that was going to visit a family member in the …

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Boy, 1, drowns in a well

A one-and-a-half-year-old boy who was playing with his siblings at Atasamanso, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, has drowned in a well. The mother of the victim, Serwaa Abrafi, said her child was rescued after half-an-hour of the incident and rushed to the  Atasamanso hospital but was confirmed dead on …

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3-year-old boy drowns at Ngleshie Amanfro

Residents at American Farm, a suburb of Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been thrown into a state of grief after a three-year-old boy drowned in a well belonging to a resident. The incident occurred around 3:pm when Paa George, a kindergarten pupil together …

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Seven-year-old boy drowns in river

A seven-year-old class two pupil has drowned in a river at Akyem Kwabeng in the Eastern Region. The incident occurred on March 27, 2020. The deceased went to river Taasu in the company of his younger siblings to wash their clothes at the river bank but got drowned in an …

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Class 6 pupil drowns in Volta River

A class six (6) pupil has drowned in the Volta River. The incident occurred at Mamakope a fishing community near Atimpoku in the Eastern region. The body of the deceased, Ayuba Zebelo, has been deposited at the VRA Hospital. Currently, all schools in Ghana have been shut down by the …

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Boy, 15, drowns in hotel pool in Kumasi

Police at KNUST in the Ashanti Region is addressing the board of Silicon Hotel at Kentinkrono, close to Kumasi following a 15-year-old kid died in the hotel’s pool on Saturday. The perished, Alfred Addo Debrah, purportedly went to the office with his two different companions to swim after they had …

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Woman with 6-month-old baby drown in pond

A woman aged about 32 years and her six months old son have drowned in a pond at Blaakor-Badzikope in the Kpoglu Electoral area of the Ketu South Municipality. The woman, identified as Madam Yegadzinawo Aklamanu with the baby, Korku Kpordzro strapped at her back, had gone to the pond …

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15-year-old Boy Drowns While Fishing- Police Confirm

The Nigeria Police, Delta State Command, has confirmed the death of a 15-year-old boy who drowned in a stagnant river in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area The missioner of Police in Delta, Adeyinka Adeleke, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Warri. “It is true, the boy …

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Photo+Audio: Two JHS pupils drown in pool

Two pupils of Agona Swedru A .M. E Zion Junior High School (JHS) in the Central region have drowned in a swimming pool. Teenagers Isaac Mbroh, 15 years and Prince Yeboah, 16, are said to have died in a swimming pool at Cottage Negril Hotel. Father of Isaac Mbroh, Jonathan …

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