An overloaded passenger boat crossing the Ada River to Azizakpe in the Ada East District has capsized, leaving five people, including two children, feared dead in the accident.
At the time of filing this report, rescuers including officers of the Ghana navy were still working. The children believed to be dead are two and three months old.
The passengers were travelling from Azizanya to attend a funeral in Azizakpe when the accident happened, Godwin Agudey, the presiding member for Ada East, confirmed to the Ghana News Agency in an interview.
He said information gathered showed that the boat, which was supposed to carry about 40 to 50 people, was loaded with close to 100 passengers, and that while crossing the river the boat capsized.
The Ada-East presiding member added that the boat completely sank into the water, and that a search team including the Ghana navy and other stakeholders was still rescuing the victims.
“We are unable to tell the number of the people rescued because they were still working close to the Azizakpe island where they were attending the funeral, while others were being rescued back to Azizanya,” he said.
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