Twins Tragically Die In Galamsey Pit At Morkwa Near Twifo-Praso [Video]

• Two-and-a-half-year-old twins have been swallowed up by a galamsey behind their house at Morkwa
• The children had fallen into the uncovered, water-filled pit while playing in the area on Thursday, August 29, 2024
• According to residents, their death marks the eighth fatality linked to an uncovered galamsey pit

A woman has tragically lost her twins after they fell into an abandoned galamsey pit filled with water behind her house.

The unfortunate event happened on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Morkwa, a farming community near Twifo Praso in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region.

The Ghana News Agency reported that the incident marked the eighth fatality in the district caused by uncovered galamsey pits.

The twins, two-and-a-half-year-old male and female, were playing in the courtyard while their sick mother slept when they disappeared.

When the mother …