Three Students Of Daboase SHTS Drown In Subri River

Three students of the Daboase Senior High Technical School in the Western Region have drowned in the Subri River, with two confirmed dead.

The victims, all first-year students, had sneaked out from their dormitory to swim in the Subri River, which had overflown its banks due to the constant rain on Saturday, June 23, 2023.

The DCE for Wassa East, Emmanuel Boakye, who confirmed this sad news to Connect FM, indicated that the three were in the company of four others who went swimming.

Two of the bodies have since been retrieved by a combined team of police and fire service personnel in the district. The bodies have been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital morgue while a search continues for the other missing victim.

“Seven students sneaked to swim in the river. Three of them drowned, and two have been retrieved remaining one.

We have since deposited the two bodies at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital whilst the search is still on to retrieve the other one, dead or alive. We have since informed their parents,” he indicated.