A man falls to his death from the Lower Volta bridge

A 60-year-old man lost his life after falling from the Lower Volta bridge on the ECOWAS highway at Sokpoe in the South Tongu district of Ghana.

According to eyewitnesses, “the deceased alighted at Sokpoe from a commercial motorcycle, walked back to climb the bridge, and jumped into the river.”

Eyewitnesses added, “this was the third such incident they have witnessed in the past three years.”

“We thought he had forgotten something and wanted to go back for it, but he jumped into the river before we could intervene,” an eyewitness revealed.

They added that some fishermen who witnessed the incident quickly responded in an attempt to save him, but he was found dead.

The body of the man has been deposited at the Sogakope District Hospital Mortuary after residents reported the incident to the Sogakope District Police Command.