A 12-year-old boy, Stephen Amponsah, has drowned in a river at Nkoranza in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region.
The incident occurred around 5:00pm Tuesday, February 15, 2022.
The Assembly Member for the area, Williams Acheampong, narrated the victim together, with other four colleagues, went swimming in the river.
The victim, who is a resident of Trede-Akrofuom, however, drowned in the process.
Mr Acheampong said the necessary rituals were performed by the Chief of Nkoranza before a search was conducted in the river.
The body has been retrieved by personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) together with the Trede police.
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The remains have been conveyed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
The police have commenced investigations into the incident.