A 33-year-old man last Saturday drowned in one of the numerous abandoned pits belonging to a mining company at Kyebi. The deceased, Kabiru Mohammed, was reported to have been engaged by Mos Mining Company to use a pumping machine to drain water from some of the pits to enable the company to reclaim the land. Kabiru, in the company of two young people from the Zongo community near Kyebi, was said to have slipped and fallen into the pit while working on the pumping machine. He was rescued unconscious by his colleagues, who rushed him to the Kyebi Government Hospital, where he died on arrival. An autopsy conducted on the body by a senior medical officer of the hospital gave the cause of death as drowning. Meanwhile, the body has been released to the family and interred. Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Kyebi Divisional Police Commander, DSP Ohene Gyan, said about 6.30 a.m., one Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi from Kyebi Zongo went to the Kyebi Police Station to report that his younger brother, the deceased, had drowned in a pit in one of the mining sites. He said the deceased was engaged by the Mos Mining Company to pump water out of some of the pits to enable the company to reclaim the land. Source: Daily Graphic