Death of 24-year-old KNUST graduate in Takoradi caused by Asphyxia, Severe Pulmonary Edema – Police

The
Ghana
Police
Service
has
reacted
to
the
death
of
the
24-year-old
Petroleum
Engineering
Graduate
of
KNUST
in
a
pool
at
Takoradi
while
on
a
business
trip
with
her
boss.

Providing
update
on
investigations
conducted
on
the
incident
so
far,
the
police
said
autopsy
conducted
by
officials
in
the
presence
of
the
deceased’s
parents
reveal
that
Lois
Koranteng
died
of
Asphyxia,
severe
pulmonary
edema
and
drowning
in
a
pool.

Takoradi:
How
24-year-old
KNUST
graduate
mysteriously
died
in
a
hotel
swimming
pool,
family
demands
justice

The
police
in
a
statement
on
July
11
revealed
that
it
commenced
investigation
into
the
unfortunate
incident
on
June
8,
the
same
day
it
received
complaint
about
the
incident.

“On
the
same
day,
police
commenced
investigation
into
the
incident.
A
Police
team
visited
the
scene
and
also
visited
the
hospital
and
inspected
the
body
but
no
marks
of
assault
were
found
on
her,”
the
statement
stated.

The
police
added
that
following
dissatisfaction
from
the
deceased’s
family
about
the
extent
of
police
engagement
with
them,
the
Inspector
General
of
Police
rendered
an
unqualified
apology
via
a
phone
call
to
the
family.

The
police
noted
that
the
IGP
assured
the
family
of
visiting
them
at
their
convenience
and
update
them
on
investigation
done
so
far.

Lois
Abena
Koranteng,
a
24-year-old
graduate
of
the
Kwame
Nkrumah
University
of
Science
and
Technology
(KNUST)
traveled
with
her
boss
and
a
driver
to  Takoradi for
a
business
trip
on
June
8,
2024.

She
had
spoken
to
her
family
members
on
the
trip
with
hopes
of
returning
home
after
her
activities.

Sadly,
a
phone
call
came
through
the
following
day
to
the
family
indicating
Lois
Abena
Koranteng,
the
last
born
of
a
family
of
three
had
passed
under
bizarre
circumstances.

“She
was
working
with
an
energy
company,
they
mostly
travel
to  Takoradi and
other
places
on
Weekends
for
business.
We
spoke
to
her
on
the
weekend
before
leaving,
around
5:30
am
the
following
day,
we
had
a
phone
call
that
our
sister
had
been
found
dead
in
the  swimming pool
of
the
hotel
where
they
were
lodging.

They
had
sent
her
lifeless
body
to
the
hospital
and
police
had
started
investigations
when
close
family
members
reported
to
the
scene”,
a
brother
of
the
deceased,
Aaron
Koranteng
told
Nhyiraba
Paa
Kwesi
Simpson,
the
host
of
Connect
FM’s
Omanbapa
Morning
Show
in
an
interview.