TV pole electrocutes 10-year-old girl to death (Photos)

By brightwebtv.com:nana asare barimah

 

 

Mother of the deceased couldn’t hold back her tears and collapsed

A 10-year-old girl, identified as Blessed Afua Afful, has been electrocuted to death through a metallic TV pole during a heavy downpour at Agona Duakwa in the Agona East District of the Central region.

In an interview with Adom News, grandmother of the deceased, Akua Yamoah said the sad incident happened when Blessed was on her way home from an errand.

NADMO officials at the scene to assess the situation

“Blessed was asked by her step-mother to go and take care of her sugarcane and met her untimely death on her return,” she recounted.

Mother of the deceased couldn’t hold back her tears and collapsed

 

Meanwhile, the Agona Duakwa Station Officer, Chief Inspector Frederick Kyei Barfour revealed that such incidents were very common in the area with four cases recorded within one year.

The deceased’s friends at school were all shocked over her demise
The Agona East District National Disaster Management Organisation Director, Solomon Kweku Pentsil has assured he is going to contact the District Chief Executive to hold an emergency meeting to ban the use of metal pole for TV reception.

Her mother could not control herself
Blessed’s mother, Abena Akyere, who couldn’t hold her shock after hearing the news, reportedly collapsed.

Source: Adomonline.com/