{"id":264007,"date":"2016-11-01T12:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=264007"},"modified":"2016-11-01T12:48:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:48:41","slug":"one-dead-in-building-collapse-at-ashongman-estates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=264007","title":{"rendered":"One dead in building collapse at Ashongman Estates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A staircase on the fifth floor of a building under construction in the Ashongman Estates, Gumbo, has collapsed and killed a construction worker.<\/p>\n<p>ACP Timothy Yosa Bonga, the Accra Regional Police Commander confirmed the incident to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fb50e513-ca6c-409b-b437-bd590faedd35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264010\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fb50e513-ca6c-409b-b437-bd590faedd35.jpg\" alt=\"fb50e513-ca6c-409b-b437-bd590faedd35\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ACP Bonga said that when the police first go word of the collapse, a nearby patrol team was notified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the patrol team came, they informed us that a portion of the building here has collapsed so we quickly had to radio other patrol teams and all of us moved in to assist with the situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b5597bc0-570d-4044-a7e8-35b4d7cfbef1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264012\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b5597bc0-570d-4044-a7e8-35b4d7cfbef1.jpg\" alt=\"b5597bc0-570d-4044-a7e8-35b4d7cfbef1\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are told there were only 2 people up there trying to work and one managed to escape and the other one was trapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264009\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/f192d3a3-1eb2-417f-9f60-ba12e6a2614b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-264009 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/f192d3a3-1eb2-417f-9f60-ba12e6a2614b.jpg\" alt=\"f192d3a3-1eb2-417f-9f60-ba12e6a2614b\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Body of victim covered with plantain leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;With the help of the fire service and a rescue team, we have been able to retrieve the body that was trapped in the debris,&#8221; ACP Bonga added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A staircase on the fifth floor of a building under construction in the Ashongman Estates, Gumbo, has collapsed and killed a construction worker. ACP Timothy Yosa Bonga, the Accra Regional Police Commander confirmed the incident to Citi News. 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