Tree kills chainsaw operator

Thu, 13 May 2004 Source: GNA

Tepa (Ash), May 13, GNA- Kwaku Zakaria, a 24-year-old chainsaw operator was on Sunday trapped to death by a tree he was felling at Nyamaa village near Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano North district of Ashanti. According to a police source, Zakaria was engaged by a farmer to fell some trees on his farm and in the course of that one of the trees fell on him killing him instantly.

Tepa (Ash), May 13, GNA- Kwaku Zakaria, a 24-year-old chainsaw operator was on Sunday trapped to death by a tree he was felling at Nyamaa village near Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano North district of Ashanti. According to a police source, Zakaria was engaged by a farmer to fell some trees on his farm and in the course of that one of the trees fell on him killing him instantly. The body has been deposited at the Tepa district hospital for autopsy pending further investigations.

Source: GNA