Child Drowns In Koforidua Hotel Swimming Pool Less Than 1 Month After 9th Birthday
- A nine-year-old has died after reportedly drowning in a swimming pool at a Koforidua hotel
- The police from the Koforidua Divisional Command are investigating the drowning incident
- The hotel's management expressed deep regret for the incident and assured the police of its cooperation
A nine-year-old girl has died after reportedly drowning in a swimming pool at a hotel in Koforidua, Eastern Region.
The girl visited the pool with her father and five siblings on Sunday, December 29, 2024.
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Starr News reported that no one saw the deceased enter the pool, but he was later found unresponsive in the pool.
She was rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival, according to one of the deceased's family members.
“The child didn’t swim. She sat near the pool to take pictures. She went with her father, but later, the father started searching for her all over. Then someone alerted him that the child was under the pool. She was removed and rushed to the Central Hospital but died on arrival.”
The police from the Koforidua Divisional Command are investigating the incident and working to ascertain the circumstances leading to the reported drowning.
Police are also checking on possible lapses in supervision or safety measures at the facility, the Tonyx Hotel.
The hotel's management expressed deep regret for the incident and assured the police of its cooperation.
Mysterious death of KNUST graduate at Takoradi
YEN.com.gh reported that there were suspicions of foul play in the June 8 death of the 24-year-old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
The deceased, Lois Abena Koranteng, was found dead in a hotel swimming pool in Takoradi while on a work trip. There are suggestions that the deceased went for a midnight swim in the pool and was found dead.
Suspicions of foul play were fuelled by the hotel authorities' reported inability to provide CCTV footage of the pool because the hotel's cameras were not functioning.
An autopsy was conducted on June 8 in the presence of the deceased family at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The verbal causes of death were noted as asphyxia, severe pulmonary oedema and drowning in a pool.
Police noted that the Inspector-General of Police, George Dampare, had contacted the grieving family and apologised for limited police engagement.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
