A four-year-old pupil has drowned in a 10-feet manhole filled with water at Abidjan-Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.
“The boy was in school when the tragedy struck,” according to reports.
The boy was rushed to Royal Gate Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The lifeless body has been conveyed to the St. Michael Hospital mortuary at Pramso for preservation, awaiting autopsy as police investigations continue.
A Kuntanase District Police report, “the authorities of the school will be invited for questioning as soon as possible.”
“Inspection was conducted on the body but no marks of violence was seen on it,” reports said.