Missing boy, 16, found dead in quarry pit

A 16-year-old boy named Nicholas Nyame, who went missing in Assin Fosu, has been found dead in an abandoned quarry pit.

The Junior High School (JHS) Form 2 pupil drowned in the pit filled with water at Assin Dompim, a suburb of Assin Fosu in the Central region.

Information gathered suggests the pit serves as a swimming place for children and a washing area for some residents of Assin Dompim during weekends.

According to the brother of the deceased, Jeffery Nyame, the deceased, who did not return from school on Wednesday, was found floating on the water during a search by Assin Dompim residents.

Meanwhile, the District Police Command in Assin Fosu retrieved the body and deposited it at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital for preservation and investigation.

In a similar occurrence on Monday, April 8, 2024, two Junior High School (JHS) final-year students of Abisco M/A Basic School died after falling into an abandoned illegal mining (galamsey) pit at Dunkwa-Abasewa in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region.

Information gathered indicates that the deceased, Dominic Abu, 15, and Enoch Ogo, 16, were returning from school when the sad incident happened.

It was reported that one fell into the pit first, and in an attempt to rescue him, the other got into the pit covered with water and drowned.

The bodies were subsequently retrieved.

On April 10, 2024, a four-year-old boy reportedly drowned in a well at Kwahu Tafo in the Eastern Region.

The incident happened in the afternoon of Wednesday, April 10, 2024. According to local sources, the young boy went to the well to fetch water with a bucket.

However, the volume of the water made the bucket heavy, and the weight pulled him into the well.

On March 18, 2024, a 25-year-old man, identified as Godfred Bobi, died in a galamsey pit at Denkyira Brofoyedu in the Central Region.

Information gathered indicates that he and several other illegal miners entered the Galamsey site to mine for gold. How Bobi fell into the pit, full of water. remains a mystery.

Again on March 3, 2024, it was reported that three illegal miners died in a galamsey pit collapse at Kobriso Romanmu community in the Denkyembuor district of the Eastern Region.

The victims were Kwasi Darkwa, 24, Kofi Asante,  30, and Yaw Ibrahim, 39.

Then on February 23, 2024, a 22-year-old man was reported dead after he fell into a deep galamsey pit, according to a police report.

Akpi Isaac was extremely weak after he was rescued from the pit and rushed to the hospital, but a doctor pronounced him dead.

Also, on February 14, 2024, the decomposing body of a young man was found in an abandoned galamsey pit near River Birim at Akyem Wenchi in the Eastern region.

The deceased, also known as Akoshi, was from Accra but lived in Akyem Asene in the Asene Manso Akroso district.