Two drown at Teshie
A 35-year-old Ghanaian based in Saudi Arabia, Theophilus Akai Baddo, and his friend met their untimely death when their car was swept into a drain in Teshie during a heavy downpour last Saturday.
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Baddo and Eric Asiedu, 28, unemployed, were said to have defied all caution from rescuers at the scene not to drive through flood waters that had collected after torrential rains that swept through the Ledzokuku Krowor municipality and its environs between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on that fateful day.
Baddo, who resided at Hong Kong, near Lapaz in Accra, had returned home from Saudi Arabia to attend his father’s funeral.
He decided to visit his friend, Asiedu, at the Teshie Nungua Estate, where the two enjoyed themselves at a popular spot in the area known as Busy Mouth Foods and Drinks.
After the rains had subsided around 8 p.m., the two decided to drive away in an unregistered vehicle, with a plate number DP 2467.
The vehicle was being driven by Baddo, but unfortunately for them, the car was swept by the strong currents of the drain next to the eatery joint.
The drain had then overflowed its banks and the two had ignored calls from people who were rescuing trapped cars from the water not to go through it.
The car was later found about a mile away from the eatery joint, while the two bodies were located in a far away mangrove at Sangonaa in Nungua, close to the sea.
According to the District Officer in charge of the Nungua Police Station, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ms Patience Akwetey, the police had a report from the Assembly Member for the Klowe Koonaa Electoral Area, Mr Robert Oko Odike, who lives close to where the bodies were found, about the two bodies in the area.
She said a policeman was, therefore, dispatched to the scene and the bodies were picked and deposited at the Police Hospital morgue.
Sources indicate that Baddo is the son of a late New Town Mantse, who was buried a few weeks ago.