Residents slaughter ram to appease Gods after Kintampo waterfalls disaster leaves 17 dead

 Traditional authorities at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo region have slaughtered a ram to appease the gods in the town following a disaster at waterfalls in the area which left no fewer than 17 people died after a huge tree fell on revelers at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo Region on Sunday, March 19, 2016.

Scores of others have been left injured in the accident which occurred between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm.

The victims, some of who have been discharged, are largely students of the Wenchi Methodist Senior High School,were on an excursion and swimming in the water when the tumbling tree crushed them to death.

Those who died have been laid to rest after government gave the families GH¢10,000 and GH¢20,000 respectively.
However, because the trees and stones which surrender the waterfalls are all deities, the traditional authorities in the area underscored the need for the sacrifice.