A two-year-old girl, Mary Nyamekye, was found dead in a plastic water container on Tuesday at Nyinahin in the Atwima-Mponua District.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday at Nyinahin, Lance Corporal James Kalami said on June 10, this year, at about 1200 hours, the deceased was left alone by her mother, Madam Alice Owusu, 30, to wash her clothing nearby.
The Police Officer said the mother left behind a plastic container filled with water in the house and the child, who was feeling thirsty, decided to fetch some water and accidentally fell into the container.
Lance Corporal Kalami said when the mother returned she saw her baby dead in the container and reported the case to the police.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased baby girl has been deposited at the Bibiani Government Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.