A 55-year-old woman from Ziavi-Dzogbe in the Volta Region, has been trapped to death by a silk-cotton tree allegedly felled by some chainsaw operators at Ziavi-Dzogbe. Madam Yawa Anna Loyi, who hailed from Gbi-Abansi in Hohoe, met the tragedy when she and her grandson went to pick some oranges in an area where the tree was being felled. The relative alleged that the chain-saw operators had earlier told Madam Loyi that she could come to pick the oranges if she no longer heard the noise of the chainsaw. She, therefore, asked her grandson to accompany her to pick the oranges when the chainsaw went silent only to get trapped by the falling tree but her grandson escaped unhurt. The relative said a large quantity of water gushed out of the tree. The Ho Municipal Police Commander, Samuel Tetteh, however, told the GNA that Madam Loyi died at the Ho Municipal Hospital on being rushed there in coma by the five people involved in the felling of the tree. He said Edem Agbemenu, the grandson of Madam Loyi, who escaped the tragedy shouted for help prompting the five people involved in the felling of the tree to come to her rescue. Mr Tetteh said the five people are to appear in court. The body ofihe woman has been deposited at the Police Hospital awaiting autopsy while investigations continue. In another development, one person died and another was injured last Tuesday when a pit in which they were mining gold collapsed at Dakrupe, a suburb of Bole in the Northern Region. Yiriyala Willah, the deceased has since been buried while, Julius Lardy who sustained injuries is responding to treatment at the Bole District Hospital. Lardy, who confirmed the incident to the Times from his hospital bed said that they were rescued by other colleagues operating in another pit and were rushed to hospital. Madam Clementia Akumwen, a senior nurse at the hospital said Lardy will soon be transferred to the Wa Regional Hospital for further treatment. In another development, a middle-aged man, Vitus Kulgne is reported to have committed suicide by hanging at Mampeisem, near Bole. According to sources, Kulgne who hailed from Dapuori in the Upper West Region was a tailor by profession. The reason for the suicide was not immediately known and the police are investigating. Source: Ghanaian Times