A 50-year-old woman, who has been identified as Akosua Dufie dies after she fell in the water while using the footbridge during the flood in Kumasi
According to eyewitnesses, the deceased, together with one other person, attempted to cross a the wooden bridge in the area, but unfortunately got drowned after the bridge collapsed following the Thursday evening’s downpour at Anloga in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
The rains started around 5:30 pm yesterday [Thursday], and the whole place was flooded, but people were using the [weak] bridge. The woman also got here and when she saw others using the bridge, she also joined. About four people went ahead while she followed them together with a young man. When they got to the middle of the bridge, it broke, and they fell into the water. They were all able to get out of the water, except one woman who couldn’t make it
an eyewitness said.