COCONUT TREE KILLS A BABY IN CAPE COAST

By: Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei   

This afternoon at 2pm a coconut tree fell on a one year old baby and the baby died on the spot.
The baby who was being breastfed according to eye witness noted that baby was allowed to play around the scene and the mother who was feeding the baby intermittently was not able the rescue the baby from the disaster.
Due to the Code of ethics governing the Ghana Journalists' Association Central Press can not published the picture of the deceased baby.

This is the second time for felling trees to have killed two children the first one occured at Pedu in Cape Coast killing a 14 year old boy and a mother in the month of August.

Earlier report Central Press carried out indicated that most trees are very old and weak in the Cape Coast Metropolis, according to officials of the Botanical gardens noted that they lack equipment to safeguard the trees and the residents in Cape Coast from tree disasters.