{"id":185980,"date":"2016-01-31T15:09:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=185980"},"modified":"2016-01-31T15:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T15:09:06","slug":"one-dead-others-feared-missing-in-afram-plains-ferry-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/one-dead-others-feared-missing-in-afram-plains-ferry-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, others feared missing in Afram plains ferry accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person drowned while several others were injured after a ferry crossing the Afram River on the Volta Lake sunk Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament for Afraim Plain North, Emmanuel Aboagye Didiyie, who confirmed the incident to <b>citifmonline.com<\/b>, said &#8220;the ferry was carting goods from Atoaboma to Bridgeano in the Eastern Region yesterday [Saturday], when the incident occurred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although he confirmed that one person died in the accident, he was unable to tell the actual number of people who got injured.<\/p>\n<p>Those injured in the accident are currently on admission at the hospital while the Kwahu Afram Plains District Security Council has mounted a search for others who are believed to have gone down with the sinking ferry.<\/p>\n<p>The actual\u00a0cause of the accident is not known\u00a0but locals say it could be due to overloading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person drowned while several others were injured after a ferry crossing the Afram River on the Volta Lake sunk Saturday night. 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