Two brothers drowned whereas making an attempt to avoid wasting their youthful brother in an deserted quarry in Leib Donorkop, south of Akatsi.
The deceased have been recognized as Felix Dogby, 18, a Fundamental Schooling Certificates Examination (BECE) graduate, and Christian Dogby, 25, an worker of meals processing firm Asikuma.
Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Group (NADMO) Akatsi South Director Common Daniel Gidi advised the Ghana Information Company that the incident occurred on Could 15 at about 16:00.
He mentioned the deceased, together with about 9 relations, traveled to Laib Donorkop, the place his mom lives, for the funeral, after which visited an deserted quarry lake for recreation with out the supervision of native residents.
Gidi mentioned the tragedy started when the brothers’ 9-year-old brother, Eric Dogby, started drowning in a water-filled quarry.
“Felix realized that his brother wanted assist and determined to avoid wasting him, however he ended up drowning after saving his brother,” he mentioned.
He added that Christian, sensing hazard, additionally went into the ocean to attempt to save Felix, however each brothers drowned within the course of.
Gidi revealed that the depth of the deserted quarry is estimated to be between 18 and 24 meters.
He mentioned preliminary rescue efforts by native divers on Friday, Could fifteenth and Saturday, Could sixteenth had been unsuccessful.
He mentioned officers from the Naval Coaching Command (NAVTRAC) in Sogakope Ntekpol had been then contacted to help within the rescue operation, however needed to name off the rescue operation on Saturday night as a consequence of poor visibility at sea.
“We appealed to naval officers for assist and as a consequence of poor visibility at sea on Saturday night, naval officers determined to proceed rescue operations from Sunday morning,” it added.
Akatsi South Municipality Chief Government Officer Daniel Dagba, together with NADMO officers and different stakeholders, visited the positioning on Saturday to evaluate the state of affairs.
Moses Ghadri, a member of parliament for the world, advised GNA that the deceased was from Akatsi Alagbokope however lived in Asikuma.
Nevertheless, on Sunday morning, the our bodies of the deceased had been seen floating earlier than naval officers arrived.
Officers from the Akatsi Police Command, who maintained order on the scene, later transported the physique to St Paul’s Hospital mortuary pending an post-mortem.
The incident left the neighborhood in a state of shock and unhappiness.
