A canoe that was carrying eleven people capsized on the Oti River, killing eight of the passengers.
The incident took place on March 27 on a Monday.
The passengers were mourners traveling from Kpajoti, a village in the Krachi Nchumuru District to Sabaja in the Krachi West Municipality.
They were all without life jackets, an eyewitness said.
Francis Yaw Bio, the Assemblyman Wuringa electoral area, told TV3's Martin Asiedu Darteh on the mid-day news that the canoe could only hold six people, not the eleven who were on board.
Eleven individuals, plus the driver, made a total of twelve in the canoe. The number was bigger than what the canoe could take, they are supposed to be six passengers, ” he said.
He further said investigations have commenced into the causes of the accident.
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