[ 2011-04-20 ]

A scene from a beach

Boy,16, drowns
A 16-year-old student of the Tema Community 8 No.1
Junior High School, Joseph Kwabena Dankwa, drowned
at the Titanic Beach on Monday while celebrating
the successful completion of the Basic Education
Certificate Examination (BECE) with his
classmates.

The occasion also coincided with the birthday of
one of the pupils in the class.

Dankwah and other classmates took time off to
enjoy themselves at the beach and top it up with a
football match.

But just before the kick off of the match,
fishermen at the beach warned them of the rough
nature of the sea and advised them not to swim,
which they obeyed.

However, while the game was on, one of them played
the ball towards the sea and Joseph dashed to kick
it back onto the field of play, but in the process
was swept away by the waves.

The other children raised an alarm which attracted
the fishermen, but try as they did; they could not
save him.

Confirming the story to the Ghanaian Times, Chief
Inspector Olivia Turkson, Tema Regional Police
Public Relations Officer, said the case was
reported to the Sakumono Police on Monday, around
2:00p.m and investigations were ongoing.

Source - Ghanaian Times

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