{"id":232298,"date":"2024-10-14T16:31:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/four-feared-dead-following-rock-blasting-by-construction-company\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:31:18","slug":"four-feared-dead-following-rock-blasting-by-construction-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/four-feared-dead-following-rock-blasting-by-construction-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Four feared dead following rock blasting by construction company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A tragic incident has occurred on the Buduburam stretch of the Accra-Winneba highway after a rock blasted by a construction company working on the road caused extensive damage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1096961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-14-154942.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"452\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Four persons are feared dead, and several others are in critical condition following the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1096960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-14-155003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"443\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Citi News<\/strong><\/em> sources say the rock blast which lasted for a few minutes was done after several vehicles on the stretch were halted for the activity to take place.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time rocks have been blasted on the Budumburam section of the highways according to residents of the area.<\/p>\n<p>They say the blasting of the rock most of the time destroys the roofing sheets of houses around the Big Apple area when the construction work is happening.<\/p>\n<p>Some angry residents of the area after the incident attacked workers of the company working on that stretch<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Citi News<\/strong><\/em> understands that a Chinese man who is leading the team has been arrested. The injured have been rushed to the St Gregory Hospital in Buduburam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic incident has occurred on the Buduburam stretch of the Accra-Winneba highway after a rock blasted by a construction company working on the road caused extensive damage. Four persons are feared dead, and several others are in critical condition following the incident. 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