Final year student of Tweneboa Kodua SHS jumps to death

Emmanuel Tornyi 13:02 - 23 September 2021

SHS student Edward Duut

A final year student of <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/three-shs-students-die-in-motorbike-accident-at-adeiso/s8ss591">Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School</a> at Kumawu in the Ashanti Region is reported to have lost his life after jumping a wall.

The deceased aged 19-year-old known as Edward Duut died after falling on his chest after attempting to escape from a teacher who was on routine monitoring during prep hours.

Reports stated that he [Edward Duut] jumped the wall together with other students who were also running helter-skelter but did not land well on the ground and sustained injuries in the process.

He was rushed to the hospital to the Kumawu Polyclinic but died.

The Sekyere-Kumawu District Police Commander, DSP Opoku Agyeman Prempeh confirmed the incident and said no one has been arrested in connection with the death.

He told Kumasi-based Nhyira FM that investigation was underway.