A 49-year old woman, Madam Monica Azariah got drowned in a borehole at
Sekondi Maxwell Road on Sunday morning when fetching water from the
facility.
She fell into the deep borehole when the concrete wall covering it collapsed when she climbed.
The incident happened around 0330 hours on Sunday, October 9 and was
discovered around 0630 hours when some residents went to the facility to
fetch water and informed personnel of Ghana National Fire Service to
retrieve the corpse.
The Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant
Superintendent of Police Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, confirmed the tragic
incident to the Ghana News Agency on Monday.
She said the corpse had since been deposited at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue, awaiting autopsy.
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