Nine pupils died after the boat carrying them from school collapsed in a canal last Wednesday afternoon in Faanaa-Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality.
The last body, a female solely known as Victoria, was found yesterday at around 11:30 a.m. Eight of the bodies of the children, who ranged in age from one and a half to twelve years, were discovered at approximately 6 p.m. on the day of the event.
Twelve kids were in the canoe when it crashed, including the dead, who were made up of three men and six females.
The canoe's paddler and the other three, on the other hand, managed to survive the catastrophe.
Residence The children attend a private school in Bortianor, Georgia, where they reside with their parents and legal guardians.
Wiaboman School is located in Weija-Gbawe, behind Pambros.
After school, the kids were crossing the canal that divides Wiaboman from Faanaa when the event happened.
The victims had been identified, according to Emmanuel Adu-Boahen, the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), who confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic yesterday, and the bodies had been deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Mortuary for additional investigations.
Recognition and destruction
Weija-Gbawe Municipal Chief Executive Patrick Kumor, Weija-Gbawe Member of Parliament Tina Mensah, Ga South Municipal Chief Executive Joseph Yarni Stephen, Weija Polie Commander Freeman Kumashie, and NADMO officials were also mentioned by Mr. Adu-Boahen as having visited the disaster site and expressed their condolences to the affected families.
Wiaboman School is located in Weija-Gbawe, behind Pambros.
After school, the kids were crossing the canal that divides Wiaboman from Faanaa when the event happened.
The victims had been identified, according to Emmanuel Adu-Boahen, the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), who confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic yesterday, and the bodies had been deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Mortuary for additional investigations.
Recognition and destruction
Weija-Gbawe Municipal Chief Executive Patrick Kumor, Weija-Gbawe Member of Parliament Tina Mensah, Ga South Municipal Chief Executive Joseph Yarni Stephen, Weija Polie Commander Freeman Kumashie, and NADMO officials were also mentioned by Mr. Adu-Boahen as having visited the disaster site and expressed their condolences to the affected families.
She claimed that the canoe capsized immediately after they were hit by a tidal wave, which caused it to shift.
Since then, the police have started looking into the situation.