Two people have died at Mpasatia Yaw Nkwantah in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region following the collapse of an illegal mining pit.
The Tuesday morning incident has also left several illegal miners trapped in the pit.
Narrating the incident to reporters, some members of the community said the concession belongs to an individual who has permitted the illegal miners to mine without proper supervision.
They added that the victims have dug deep into the pit, making it weak, hence the collapse.
“They had mined deep into the pits. The top had become weak and that is how the place caved in,” one resident said.
He added that this is the second time such an incident had happened in the same pit.
Meanwhile, it took the intervention of the police and some residents to retrieve the two bodies from the pit.
The bodies have since been deposited at the morgue while authorities make efforts to contact their families.
Efforts to retrieve the trapped illegal miners is still underway.