An 8-year-old boy has died after allegedly drinking poisoned palm wine at Bantama in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region.
According to close sources, the palm wine Tapper, identified as Kwadee, allegedly put some poisonous substance into his palm wine after noticing that some people have been consistently stealing his palm wine.
In a conversation with an Aunt of the deceased, Mercy Acquah, she said she met the boy screaming for help so she quickly rushed him to Awutu Bontrase Health Center and upon checks it was established that the palm wine was poisoned
After assessments by doctors, the facility referred the boy to Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital but he unfortunately died on the way.
The Awutu Bereku Police proceeded to the scene to take a sample of the Palm wine to the Hospital and it was confirmed that all the palm wine in the farm had been poisoned.
Information gathered revealed that three other minors who accompanied the deceased to the farm threw their palm wine away when they saw somebody coming to the farm but the deceased drank his, which led to his death.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Winneba Specialist and Trauma Hospital Mortuary.