A man believed to be in his early 60s, tragically lost his life after falling from the Lower Volta bridge on the ECOWAS highway at Sokpoe in the South Tongu District on Monday, October 28, 2024, at about 14:00 hours.
The body of the man, yet to be identified, has been deposited at the Sogakope District Hospital Mortuary after a report was made by residents at the Sogakope District police command.
Eyewitnesses told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the incident was the third they have seen in the past three years.
According to them, the deceased alighted at Sokpoe from a commercial motorcycle, walked back to climb the bridge and jumped into the river. "We thought he had forgotten something and wanted to go back for it, but he jumped into the river before we could intervene," an eyewitness who gave his name as Godwin revealed.