Seven bodies have been recovered from a collapsed mining pit at Manso Kaneago in the Amansie South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, where eight illegal miners were trapped while searching for gold deposits.
Officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), together with the District Security Council (DISEC) and the Police, are making frantic efforts to retrieve the remaining body still trapped underground.
The incident occurred on Thursday, September 3, when the mining pit collapsed while the miners were working at the site.
According to officials, about 12 miners were operating at the site when the incident occurred. Four of them managed to escape, while the remaining eight were trapped underground.
The exact cause of the collapse remains unclear, with investigations underway to determine the circumstances that led to the incident, which happened at about 10 pm on Thursday.
Officials from NADMO, the Police and the District Security Council are expected to return to the site to continue the search and recovery operation for the remaining victim.
Municipal Chief Executive for Amansie South, Benjamin Marfo, who spoke briefly to Citi News, said he was leading a team to the site to gather further information on the incident.News explainers
He said efforts were ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the collapse and the entrapment of the miners.
The dead bodies have been deposited at the morgue.
