Two-and-a-half-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, tragically drowned on Thursday after falling into an abandoned galamsey pit filled to the brim with water.
The heartbreaking incident took place at Morkwaa, a farming community near Twifo Praso in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region.
This tragedy marks the eighth death linked to uncovered galamsey pits in the district this year, according to some residents.
Mr. George Sam, the Assembly Member for the Morkwa Electoral Area, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency.
He explained that the mother of the twins, who was unwell, had fallen asleep while the children were playing in the courtyard. When she awoke and realized they were missing, she searched the house but found no trace of them.
To her utter shock and devastation, she eventually discovered their lifeless bodies in a long-abandoned galamsey pit near their home.
Police have begun investigating the incident, and the children’s bodies have been transported to the Twifo-Praso Government Hospital Morgue for preservation.
Concerned residents expressed their deep concern about the numerous uncovered galamsey pits in the community and urged the Assembly to reclaim the land to prevent further loss of life.
