A Chinese building engineer, Mr. Hez Hong Fa, met his untimely death when a building whose demolition he was supervising collapsed on him and a laborer.

The laborer, Alex Kyekyeku, 28, was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital in a critical condition.

It took a team of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and Ghana Police Service and some of the workers at the site, which is located close to the M-Plaza Hotel in North Ridge, Accra, about three hours to remove the deceased from the debris.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, one of the labourers who survived the accident said they worked for Delta Construction Firm, which is currently working at GT Radial, a company located close to Mallam Junction, and that they were brought in last Friday to demolish the old structure to make way for a new hotel.

According to him, last Friday, they were asked by the deceased to remove the roofing, ceiling, windows and doors after which they started the demolishing.

The laborer said Mr. Fa asked them to create cracks in the walls from beneath to make the demolition easier and quicker.