A six-year-old boy has died, and his 16-year-old sister is preventing for her existence after each fell right into a 13-foot deserted septic tank at Buduburam Blue Estate within the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.

The siblings, each Liberian nationals, had reportedly long past to fetch water from the deserted tank on Friday morning because of the continuing water disaster within the house.

According to eyewitness accounts, the little boy slipped and fell into the tank, and his sister, in an try to rescue him, additionally fell in.

A lady who witnessed the tragedy raised an alarm, prompting citizens to hurry to the scene. The group controlled to rescue the woman, however the younger boy may now not be straight away discovered.

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service later introduced a seek. The boy used to be handiest retrieved after conventional government carried out libation on the scene. He used to be taken to St. Gregory Catholic Hospital, the place he used to be pronounced useless.

Residents instructed Adom News that the deserted septic tank has change into an alternate water supply following serious shortages brought about by way of unlawful mining, which polluted the Ayensu River and compelled the shutdown of the Agona Kwanyarko remedy plant.

Buduburam Fire Officer Samuel Derrick Morro showed the incident.

The Assembly Member for the Buduburam Electoral Area, Emmanuel Dogbe, stated he’ll paintings with conventional leaders and citizens to make sure the deserted smartly is roofed to stop an identical tragedies.

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