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A community in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, was thrown into a state of mourning when two siblings and their friend got drowned in the White Volta River, Ghana.
The deceased, all teenagers, were among eight others who had gone to the river to wash mango fruits and also have a swim unfortunately got drowned in the process.
However, five of them managed to swim back to the riverside but the three others were carried away by the river.
The five teenagers who survived quickly rushed to the community to inform the elders and the youth about the incident.
They quickly mobilized and performed the required rituals to enable rescuers to enter the river to rescue them.
Two bodies were found by rescuers and since been buried.
Unfortunately, the body of the third person was yet to be retrieved by the search team.
The Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central, Sampson Tangombu Chiragia, encouraged the search party to go the extra mile to find the missing bodies to be given a befitting burial.
