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General News on Friday, June 7, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-06-07
The remains of the 10-year-old girl were transferred to the hospital for autopsy
A 10-year-old elementary school student from the Agona Duakwa Methodist School, aged three, was shocked by a metal pole when she went to buy something after washing her uniform and bag.
According to Police Chief Inspector Frederick Kyei-Baffour, of the police station of Agona Duakwa, police had information about the incident, which occurred at noon after a downpour.
Chief Inspector Kyei-Baffour said that the victim, Blessing Afful, had fallen unconscious when she had touched the TV pole and had been taken to the poly clinic of the Agona Salvation Army. Duakwa, but was declared dead on arrival at the clinic.
He added that the body of the 10-year-old girl had been taken to the hospital for autopsy.
Chief Inspector Kyei-Baffour recounted similar incidents last year, in which two children aged four to three were electrocuted by metal television poles in Agona Duakwa.
He added that a 50-year-old woman had also been electrocuted under the same circumstances early last year.
Ms. Abena Akyere, a grief-stricken mother, collapsed in front of the media and NADMO officials who reanimated her with her family members.
Schoolgirls from the Methodist primary school, mainly clbadmates who visited the family to express their condolences shed uncontrollable tears.
Mr. Solomon Paintsil, director of Agona East's National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), said the public had been sensitized to the dangers of using metal as a television post.
He warned that NADMO would do everything possible to remove all metal television poles from the district in order to avoid such calamities.
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