Two galamsey workers are confirmed dead with one badly injured in a galamsey pit at a popular galamsey site called four bungalows in the Prestea Township within the Prestea Huni-Valley District in the western region today.
The Prestea Huni-Valley District Police Commander who confirmed the report to Metro News Regional Desk in Takoradi said he had a distressed call at about 5am this morning reporting of some galamsey operators being trapped in pit at a popular galamsey site in Pretea called Four Bungalows.
The Police, together with the District NADMO officers and the galamsey operators themselves quickly went to their rescue where they found two people named as Mumuni Yakubu 26 years old and Jennet Sabuku 45 year’s death in the pit with Samuel Ampong 22 years old who surviving with his left leg broken.
Samuel Ampong is reported to have been responding to treatment at the Prestea government hospital whiles the two dead bodies are currently placed in a mortuary at Prestea.
At the time of filing this report no more bodies have been found meanwhile an excavator is still digging the pit to see whether more bodies would be found.
Again no family has come out to say whether his brother or sister in missing. Metro News would keep you updated when there is any development.
25TH AUGUST, 2011
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