Regional News of Thursday, 14 May 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comGirl, 7, drowns in Tono irrigation canalThe victim lost balance and fell through a gap in the foot bridgeCorrespondence from Upper East RegionThe body of a seven-year-old girl (name withheld) has been retrieved from the Tono irrigation canal at Bonia after she drowned yesterday afternoon. Information gathered by GhanaWeb indicates that the victim was crossing the canal on a footbridge when she lost balance and fell into the moving water. A brother of the victim, who spoke to GhanaWeb said the girl was returning home from their mother’s vegetable farm where she was the whole day driving away animals when she met her unfortunate demise. He said having felt the need to go back home, she used the footbridge but lost balance and fell through a gap in the bridge into the water. The body of the little girl was retrieved from the water several metres away later in the night and has since been laid to rest.

Source: GhanaWeb May 14, 2020 17:48 UTC