3 ILLEGAL MINERS DIE IN ACTION (PAGE 32)

THREE illegal gold miners, popularly known as galamsey, died in a pit, while five others sustained various degrees of injury when the wall of the pit in which they were working collapsed on them at Anlokrom near Mpohor in the Western Region.
The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital in Takoradi, while the five who sustained injuries were treated and discharged.
The dead have been identified as Negbi Kumah, 30, the pit owner; Ibrahim Issakah, 19 and Raymond Ahiagbe, 34.
The Kwesimintsim District Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Boakye, who briefed the Daily Graphic on the incident, said at about 11.a.m. on May 4, this year, the eight illegal miners went to their galamsey site at Anlokrom near Mpohor to mine for gold.
He said while working, the wall of the pit collapsed and trapped them.
Mr Ansah said a rescue team was organised to bring them out of the pit.They were rushed to the Effia Nkwanta Hospital but the three died shortly after arrival, while the five others who sustained injuries were treated and discharged.
The crime officer said the bodies of the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary of the same hospital awaiting autopsy.
Meanwhile, the police are conducting investigations into the matter.