Seven (7) out of the ten passengers who were assumed to have drowned in the Oti River in the Krachi East District have been rescued.
A search, however, is still ongoing for the remaining three who include a 4-year-old girl, a pregnant woman and an elderly man.
The Krachi East Municipal National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Director, Jacob Dasievor, told Onua News the seven who were rescued have been discharged from the hospital after being sent for treatment.
Mr. Dasievor says the search is still ongoing to either rescue the rest or retrieve their bodies.
The ten passengers were assumed to have drowned on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in the evening when a boat in which they were travelling on the Oti River capsized.
The boat, which took off from Dambai, was heading towards Njari, a farming and fishing community in the Krachi East Municipality when the disaster struck.
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