A three-storey church building has collapsed on 65 people with one dead at Akyem Batabi
One person has been confirmed dead after a three-storey church building collapsed on worshippers at Akyem Batabi in the Eastern region.
A report sighted on Graphic.com.gh indicates that the incident happened today 20th October in the afternoon.
Graphic’s Samuel Kyei-Boateng reports that about 65 people were in the church building when it collapsed.
According to Kyei-Boateng, the voices of some of the people who are trapped inside could be heard with some screaming for help.
Apart from the one dead person whose body has been retrieved, four worshippers have been rescued in addition.
As at the time of the report, a bulldozer was the on the site of the collapse trying to move the wreckage in order to rescue more of the people alive.
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