A Forty six-year-old man has met his untimely death in a Galamsey pit at Akanteng near Asamankese in the Upper West Akyem Municipality.
According to the Eastern Regional Police PRO, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the Police received calls from a resident at Osenas, a community close to the where the incident occurred to inform them of the tragedy.
Speaking to Peace FM's Eastern regional correspondent Michael Akrofi, he said investigations revealed that the deceased Yaw Amponsah and his 18-year-old son Reindolf Asante went to the pit to prospect the mining site for gold.
the Police has been to the mining site to retrieve the body after the sad incident.
The body is currently at the St. Dominics hospital morgue for autopsy.
Source: Michael Akrofi/Peace FM News
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