Concord Times (Freetown)
Joshua Kawa.
2 April 2002
Freetown — Four miners have been killed after a tree at a mining site in Ngelehun village, Badjia chiefdom, Bo District fell on them while they were at work.
Another, Sheku Mansaray, who survived, is receiving medical attention at Ngelehun Health Centre.
Those that died instantly were; Abu Mattia, Ausu Yaya, Sahr Samba and Alie Brima.
After the incident, an eyewitness, Ivery Tucker of Ngelehun village, informed the Bo police station. A team of police detectives headed by detective Inspector H.S.B. Moseray, together with Dr. B.S.
Kargbo of the Bo Government Hospital visited the scene.
According to the Police Media Department in Bo, the post mortem result states that it was a mere misadventure.
Bo police media boss Sgt. Sesay told Concord Times that, a man called Simeon Gaba of the same village owned the mining site.
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