Ghanaian man fatally struck by train one day after arriving in Netherlands
Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi died after being hit by a train less than 24 hours after he arrived in the Netherlands, according to a Facebook post from his sister, Jacqueline Adu-Gyamfi. She described the family's grief and said their father was crying.
By Sylvester Eyamah
Sep 22, 2026, 4:05 PM · 1 min read

A Ghanaian family is grieving after young man Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi was killed barely 24 hours after arriving in the Netherlands. His sister, Jacqueline Adu-Gyamfi, said in a Facebook post that Kwaku was hit by a train just a day after he reached the country. She wrote that he had spent only one night in Holland before the collision. According to the post, she said it made no sense to her, that he had broken her heart, and that she was in deep pain. She also wrote that their father was crying for the first time and that her brother was gone.
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