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15-year-old girl died in a tragic accident at Sefwi-Nkateaso, near Awaso, when an old pit from which she was digging red clay collapsed on her.
As has been the traditional practice by typical rural population, 15-year-old Akosua Boadua had gone for the clay to paint the kitchen.
Akosua went with two other young girls who escaped unhurt.
Police Detective Inspector Tobias Amoadza of the Bibiani Station told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the body of the deceased had been deposited at the Bibiani Government Hospital for autopsy.
He said whilst busily engaged in the breaking up of the clay, a loose wall of the pit came tumbling down and buried her under a heap soil, killing her instantly.
Boadua fell into the pit at about 0800 hours.
In another development, Moses Tsiteh, a herbalist, and Christian Adzako, a Junior High School pupil, on Monday appeared before a Ho High Court for manslaughter.
They pleaded guilty and were each granted bail in the sum of GH¢20,000 with a surety.
They will reappear in court on February 22 this year.
Assistant State Attorney, Comfort Tasiame, told the court presided over by Justice Kofi Essel Mensah that on October 16, 2006, one Bright Addo, now deceased, consulted Tsiteh at Lomnava, near Tsito in the Ho Municipality, for fortification against cutlass wounds.
She said after the fortification, Tsiteh used the cutlass on Addo, but it slipped off his body without any cut.
Madam Tasiame said Adzako, who had also come to consult Tsiteh for some spiritual assistance, also decided to test the cutlass on Addo, but this time around it left a deep cut on the latter's upper arm, resulting in profuse bleeding.
She said Tsiteh and Adzako rushed Addo to the Ho Municipal Hospital, but he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Madam Tasiame said Tsiteh and Adzako were subsequently arrested, while a post mortem examination conducted on Addo indicated that he suffered "monadic shock" due to the cut.
Ernest Gaewu, a lawyer who acted as a friend of the court, pleaded for bail for the accused persons.
Source: GNA
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