Three illegal miners have been trapped dead in a mining pit Akyem Apinamang a farming and mining community in Denkyembuor District in Eastern Region.
Assembly member for Akyem Apinamang John Boakye went to the police station today Wednesday, September 8, 2021, to report that at about 12.00pm he had information that a gold mining pit has collapsed on some illegal miners around old Apinamang cemetery.
Police preceded to the scene and found three bodies covered with leaves.
The deceased names were given as Akosua Asantewaa aged about 41, Yaw Ntiamoah aged about 35, and Yaw Bismark aged about 25.
Information gathered by the local police indicated that they were in the pit mining for gold and suddenly it collapsed on them.
The bodies were removed and deposited at St Dominic’s Hospital for preservation and autopsy.
DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command said the incident is being investigated.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
