Twenty Students Die In Ghana Waterfall Accident
MEP: At least twenty students have lost their lives after trees fell on them at a popular waterfall in Ghana, emergency officials said.
Ghana National Fire Service spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said the incident happened at the Kintampo waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo region when the students were swimming during a storm.
The tree had seemingly been brought down by the storm.
Eighteen students died at the scene while two others died in hospital, Anaglate said, adding that 11 more were receiving treatment, including one of the school administrators in charge of the trip.
Ghana’s tourism minister Catherine Abelema Afeku said in a statement: “We extend our condolences to the families of the dead and pray for the injured.”
