One of five persons trapped under a collapsed uncompleted hotel building in Accra has been rescued with one other confirmed dead. A member of the rescue team has also has been rushed to the hospital after he collapsed at the scene.

The Inspector-General of Police Alhassan Mohammed, the Greater Accra Regional Police Command and over a dozen security chiefs have swarmed the site where 5 persons are trapped under the rubble of a collapsed six-storey uncompleted hotel in Accra.

The uncompleted structure located at Nii Boi Town, near Abeka Lapaz in Accra, fell off the skyline for reasons yet to be established.

Earlier, two of the five persons trapped under the rubble were communicating with rescuers via mobile phones. Fire Service, Police and Ambulance Service teams are helping with the rescue effort.

Police at the scene have cordoned off the area and an excavator has arrived at the site to help with rescue efforts.

The MP for Okaikwei North, Elizabeth Sackey and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly Chief Executive, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije were at the scene to assess the situation.

An eyewitness told Joy News' Beatrice Adu the incident happened after 4:00am Thursday morning. The eyewitness recounted, prior to the collapse, he saw a man come out of the hotel to brush his teeth. He watched in shock as the building collapsed.

Mr. Omare, the owner of the collapsed building also owns the Grand View Hotel, located in the same area.