Two men are missing after a canoe carrying six people capsized on the Offin River near Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District on Thursday morning.
The accident occurred around 8:00 a.m. when the canoe’s paddler, described by locals as inexperienced, reportedly lost control of the vessel.
“All six fell into the river. We managed to rescue four, but we are still searching for the other two, who are adult males,” Daniel Adu, a unit committee member in the area, told Asaase News.
Personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) visited the scene but suspended their rescue operation until Friday, 26 September.
Traditional leaders also performed rituals at the riverbank in hopes of aiding the search, though Mr. Adu admitted “they appear helpless now.”
This is not the first tragedy on this stretch of the Offin River. In 2021, four people drowned in a similar incident. Three bodies were recovered at the time, while the fourth was never found.
Source – My News Ghana
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