Oti Region: Teacher reportedly dies after boat he was traveling in capsized
A boat accident claimed the life of a teacher at the Chinekope M/A Primary School in the Kete Krachi Municipality in the Oti Region.
The boat Sampson Adu, 29, was traveling in reportedly collapsed, killing him. According to data acquired by 3news.com, Mr. Adu was later buried in his hometown in the Eastern Region.
On their way home from school, nine kids from the Accra island community of Faanaa drowned.
The pupils were reportedly traveling from Faana to Kelee in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
Ages of the kids ranged from eight to fifteen. Eight of the kids whose bodies had previously been found had been taken to the morgue at Korle Teaching Hospital. The body of the ninth youngster was discovered on Thursday morning following a hasty search by worried youth.
According to Joseph Armstrong and Christian Afiadenyo, the Municipal Director of the National Accident Management Organization (NADMO), three students managed to flee the incident.
He claimed that one of the students was in command of the boat at the time of the incident, although he is not certain of this information.
According to Mr. Afiadenyo, the child might have been one of the three survivors. It is said that the town has been in a state of sorrow ever since the incident.
