C/R: 3 FEAR DEAD AFTER STOREY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSE AT KASOA
Three people have met their untimely death and four others in critical condition after a two storey building under construction collapsed at Kasoa Asempa Down near New Market in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region.
A carpenter and two other vocational school students have been confirmed dead after the building they are working on collapsed.
In interview with some eyewitnesses, they revealed that, the workers were doing concrete works on the second floor when the building collapsed.
According to them, the carpenter died on the spot while the remaining two ladies died on the way to the Hospital.
Four people are currently in critical condition receiving treatment at Central Kasoa Clinic and Mother and Child Hospital at Kasoa. About 15 people including vocational students and the masons have been treated and discharged.
On his part, the NADMO Coordinator for Joemens-Kpometey Area, Mr. Appiah Christopher bemoaned shoddy work which was been executed by the contractors as he says it may be the lead cause of the building collapse.
He added that people fail to come to the Assembly for permit before building and when they start to build, they will be playing hide and seek with authorities. He alleged that the collapsed building had no building permit from the Assembly.
Meanwhile, the Assemblyman for Joe-men – Kpomotey Electoral Area, Mustapha Mohammed, expressed shock at the incident.
