Three people have been confirmed dead after being trapped in an abandoned galamsey pit at Supuma Forest Reserve near Amponyase in the Ashanti Region.
MyNewsGh.com gathered that the three friends had gone to the place and were prospecting for gold in the abandoned pit but it caved in on them.
Police who were subsequently notified, visited the scene and identified the victims as Yaw Mensah, aged 34 years, Kwadwo Sunkwa aged 47 years and Aklorgo Latif aged 35.
Police indicate that no mark of violence was seen on the bodies of Kwadwo Sonkwa and Aklorgo Latif but blood was found oozing from the nostrils of Aklorgo Latif.
A fresh mark was seen on the face of Yaw Mensah with a right fractured hand.
The bodies of the deceased persons were conveyed and deposited at Dunkwa Government Hospital Mortuary for preservation and Autopsy.
Mynewsgh.com