Church building collapses

A section of the Methodist Church building under construction  at Sakaman , a suburb of Accra, collapsed on Friday, leaving one person seriously injured.  The identity of the injured person had not been established at the time of filing this report.

When the Daily Graphic reached the scene around 4p.m, the building had been surrounded by the police, while a number of residents had also thronged the area to see  the building.

A neighbour, who gave her name as Auntie Lizzy, said she was at home at 2 p.m when she heard the noise of a collapsing building.

“When I saw that it was the church building close to my house, I got scared and ran out in fear that it might affect my house,” she said.

According to Auntie Lizzy, about four people were then working on the roofing but she saw that one had fallen from the top.

She said the man, apparently a carpenter, was immediately rushed to the hospital, while the others remained there.

The Dansoman Police District Commander, DSP Susan Adjei, stated that the police responded to a call that the building had collapsed and indicated that investigations would be carried out to find out the cause of the incident.

By Salomey Appiah