Reports indicate that no fewer than eight pupils have perished after a boat they were travelling on capsized on the Volta Lake
According to
citinewsroom.com, the pupils from the Atikagome Community in the Sene East
District of the Bono East region were travelling on the boat to school it
capsized
The news website
reports that the eight deceased pupils were among 20 others who were travelling
from Atikagome to Wayokope when the incident occurred midway into the journey.
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He said that his
outfit got information about the tragedy late and there was little they could
do to save the lives of the victims.
He added that it
occurred in a small fishing community where the only school in the area is
located.
A similar tragic
incident occurred on Thursday, April 14 last year in which seven out of twenty
people travelling on the same Volta Lake died after the boat capsized.
It occurred in
the Afram Plains area of the Eastern Region.
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The passengers
were travelling from Dzemani to Havekope, but at about 8:00 am, they
encountered a heavy storm on the lake, which overwhelmed them.
Some of the
passengers were rescued by local fishermen, but seven drowned.
The ages of the
deceased in that tragedy ranged between 16 and 31.
Also, in May
2020, five people died after a boat carrying 25 passengers from Dzemeni to
Agalakope was hit by a heavy storm, causing it to capsize. Ten people were
immediately rescued but the others perished.
One of the
victims, an 18-year-old boy, saved himself, but his 60-year-old mother, Adjoa
Ahilehe, didn’t survive.
Also, in 2021,
six people reportedly died when the canoe in which they were travelling on the
same Volta Lake capsized.
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The incident
occurred in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region, killing four females and
two males, while four other passengers were saved.
Reports by the
Daily Graphic stated that one of the victims was identified as Evelyn Gadagoe,
a final-year student at Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School.
According to the
Police Commander for Nkonya, DSP David Asirifi Donkor, information gathered
from eyewitnesses indicated that the passengers on board the canoe were
returning to their villages after going to work on their farms.
He said that
along the journey, the canoe encountered strong winds and capsized
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