The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), in the Brong Ahafo Region, has rescued 15 persons who went missing after a boat they were traveling in last night, capsized on the Volta Lake at Yeji in the Pru District.
Four people died in the boat accident. According to NADMO, the deceased persons included a a 3-year old child, a man and two women.
NADMO says it has commenced investigations into the accident which occurred when some travelers were being ferried across the lake, in a canoe to Makango in the Gonja East district.
[contextly_sidebar id=”o88VseLwZgWbEnVwFwWi5QmLK8jZILsx”]The Coordinator of NADMO for the Brong Ahafo Region, Felix Osei Asiedu, told Citi News some officials have been dispatched to the area to assist with investigations.
In Feburary this year, nearly five hundred passengers would have perished on board a Yeji-bound ferry from Makango near Tamale, but for the swift intervention of rescuers.
The ferry, reported to have been overloaded with about four cars, other cargo and passengers, started sinking due to a leakage.
Also in January this year, one person drowned in a ferry accident at Afram Plains.
One person drowned while several others were injured after a ferry crossing the Afram River on the Volta Lake sunk Saturday night.
The cause of that accident was also due to overloading. There have been previous ones mostly boat accidents that have taken human lives.
Faulty pontoons putting lives at risk on Volta Lake
On Monday February 1 2016, Citifmonline reported about travelers on the Volta Lake risking their lives making their journey on overcrowded boats as a result of a broken down pontoon.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana