Operator of the bulldozer that reportedly
killed an elderly woman at Adansi-Wioso near Akrokerri in the Adansi North
District of the Ashanti Region has been released on bail pending investigation.
The police at Akrokerri said the suspect, Seth
Partey, 49, who was detained last Thursday, had been released on an inquiry
bail in the sum of GH¢20,000 with one surety.
Adwoa Afumwaa, 68, who voluntarily released her
piece of land for the construction of a school building, was killed in a
bizarre circumstance by the bulldozer that was clearing the land to pave way
for the project.
The victim was harvesting her farm produce on
the land to pave way for the construction of a school when she was struck to
death by the bulldozer that was working on site at the same time.
Seth Partey reportedly told the Akrokerri police that while clearing the land with the Komatzu
bulldozer at Adansi-Wioso, the machine accidentally knocked and killed the
woman.
Police confirmed later that the victim
sustained a deep cut on the neck from which blood was oozing out upon preliminary
examination.
The suspect, who works for Joshob Construction
Company that is working on the Obuasi-Anwiankwanta road, is assisting
detectives in investigation as the law enforcers await the outcome of autopsy
examination.
Already, the family of the late Madam Afumwaa
has been calling for justice.
Meshack Nana Appiah, a son of the victim, was
emotional over the weekend when he narrated how he arrived at the scene
following a call to find his mother dead.
“On Thursday evening, I received a call asking
me to urgently come to my hometown because I stay in the next community called
Kwapia. I rushed to the place and I was directed to go to the farmland where the
incident happened,” he said.
She was later booked in at the OD Mortuary where police conveyed her remains to for preservation.
From Ernest Kofi Adu, Adansi-Wioso
