One of the casualties in Sunday’s building collapse at the North Industrial Area at Avenor in Accra has been identified as Esther Donkor, a trader and a mother of four.
She is said to be in her 40s and has three girls and a boy.
Her ex-husband, Ernest Korbah, has told reporters that Elizabeth was living in the building that collapsed on Sunday.
According to him, he only heard about the ex-wife’s demise on Monday, and that it was one of his daughter’s friend, who phoned him with information about the tragic incident.
Mr Korbah said he was on his way to the Kaneshie Police station for the official processes in identifying Esther, but has been told by the neighbours that, she was the person who got trapped under the rubble.
Two people were confirmed dead, with two others in critical condition, after the three-storey building collapsed Sunday morning in Accra.
The two survivors, who were in critical condition, were sent to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital after they were rescued by personnel of a joint team of security personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service, the Ghana Armed Forces, the Ghana Police Service, the National Ambulance Service and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
The combined efforts in the search and rescue operation lasted throughout the day as they combed through the debris for more possible survivors.
