A tragic incident has struck the Ghanaian legal community as 26-year-old lawyer Sarah Araba Tettey passed away after collapsing during a football match victory celebration. The heartbreaking event occurred shortly after Ghana secured a 1-0 win over Panama at the ongoing FIFA World Cup on June 18, 2026.
Lawyer Dies After Ghana World Cup Match
The young legal practitioner, an alumna of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Faculty of Law, was watching the game with friends at the Standard Hostel in Bomso, near the university campus in Kumasi. According to reports, Araba was celebrating the match victory when she suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed.
Ghanaian Lawyer Dies from Cardiac Arrest
Eyewitnesses quickly rushed her to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Hospital (KNUST Hospital) in a frantic attempt to save her life. Medical professionals attended to her immediately and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for approximately 45 minutes. Despite their efforts, she could not be revived and was pronounced dead shortly after, leaving her family and friends in deep grief.
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