{"id":72076,"date":"2014-12-07T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T10:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72076"},"modified":"2014-12-07T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T12:01:57","slug":"one-person-trapped-in-a-collapsed-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=72076","title":{"rendered":"One person trapped\u00a0in a collapsed building"},"content":{"rendered":"

A collapsed building at Cantoments in the Greater Accra region has left twelve people critically injured and one person still trapped under the rubble.<\/p>\n

A combined team from the Ghana Police and the Ghana National Fire Service are currently working to rescue the last person from the debris.<\/p>\n

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[contextly_sidebar id=”b9c1oy9XlFGuzUQp9D3pnIhCxGtrhwhk”]Speaking to\u00a0Citi News<\/strong> the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Police Command ASP Effia Tenge said preliminary investigations suggest that the building was a restaurant under construction, adding that security officials are working to rescue the last person believed to be trapped under the rubble.<\/p>\n

According to ASP Tenge, the building collapsed around 11:30pm last night when the victims were working at the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday around 11:30pm the police had information that there was a collapsed building around Akai House so immediately the police dispatched men to the scene,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

She added that twelve persons were immediately sent to the Police Hospital and the 37 military hospital respectively for treatment \u201cbut six of them have been treated and discharged\u201d.<\/p>\n

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However one person is still believed to be trapped and security personnel are currently making efforts to rescue the person.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe suspect that there is one person under the rubble and there is a team of security personnel who are here to ensure that that one person under the rubble is rescued,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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ASP Tenge said investigations are still ongoing to ascertain the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n

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By: Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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