Woman drowns in borehole

A 49-year old woman, Madam Monica Azariah got drowned in a borehole at Sekondi Maxwell Road on Sunday morning when fetching water from the facility.

She fell into the deep borehole when the concrete wall covering it collapsed when she climbed.

The incident happened around 0330 hours on Sunday, October 9 and was discovered around 0630 hours when some residents went to the facility to fetch water and informed personnel of Ghana National Fire Service to retrieve the corpse.

The Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, confirmed the tragic incident to the Ghana News Agency on Monday.

She said the corpse had since been deposited at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue, awaiting autopsy.