Kpando (Volta Region), 25 March ?99 ?

A driver's mate was killed last week at Kpando when he was hit on the head by a stone thrown by a mad woman at Kpando Taxi park. Mr E.K. Nugbemado, Deputy Superintendent of Police in charge of Kpando, said the victim, Samuel Kwame Fiagbedzi, died two days after the incident.

He said the mad woman, known as Abuya, had removed a stick which the driver's mate had used to support the boot of their vehicle. The mate collected the stick from her and was walking away when Abuya threw a stone that hit the back of his head and sent him to the ground while he bled profusely.

Fiagbedzi was rushed to the Margret Marquart Catholic Hospital where he was treated and discharged but complained of severe body pains on the second day and was rushed to the Saint Patrick Hospital, Kpando, where he died soon after admission. Police said the mad woman has disappeared while the body of Fiagbedzi has been deposited at the Margret Marquart Hospital Mortuary.