COLLAPSED BUILDING KILLS BOY, 9 (MIRROR PAGE 24)

From Joe Okyere, Nkanfoa

A Nine-year-old boy whose name was given only as Aboagye died instantly when the wall of a mud house, in which he and others were sleeping, collapsed during a heavy down pour at Nkanfoa, near Cape Coast last Sunday night.
The body has been deposited at the Cape Coast Regional Hospital morgue.
Two other people elsewhere also suffered an injury, one of them seriously, when a wall of a room collapsed in a downpour three weeks ago.
The seriously injured Florence Owusu, 12, a Class Four pupil, who was trapped in the rubble, was admitted at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, whilst Margaret Bonkom, 9, a Class Three pupil, has already received treatment. The third Florence Bonkom, 12, however, escaped unhurt.
Narrating the first incident during a visit to the community by the Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, to ascertain the extent of damage on Tuesday, Mr Kwame Esuon, an uncle of the deceased, said Aboagye was sleeping in the room with his mother and another sibling when the incident occurred.
In the second incident, Ms Sarah Kumi told the Regional Minister that she was awakened by the sound of the collapsed wall at midnight.
Ms Kumi said she rushed out only to find her mother, Doris Quainoo, and one of her children, Margaret, screaming for help with Florence trapped in the rubble.
She said Margaret, who sustained minor injury, was able to move out from the rubble on her own, whilst Florence was covered in the rubble.
She said Margaret was treated and discharged whilst Florence was referred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where she was operated upon and had since been discharged.
The Central Regional Minister consoled the bereaved family and advised the people to maintain their houses to avoid recurrence of such mishap.
Mrs Benyiwa-Doe also visited Yamoransa where the rains also blocked the main Cape Coast-Accra highway last Friday and caused damage to property. She advised the people not pour garbage into the drains.