Tragedy hit Apam in the Central Region on Sunday, March 7, when 12 teenagers got drowned in the sea when they went swimming.
Two others, Simon Dadzie, 15, and Godfred Appretsie, 14, who were rescued by the police, are on admission at the Apam Hospital responding to treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Irene Oppong, the Regional Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in an interview with the media in Cape Coast.
She said on Sunday, at about 0840 hours, Mr Kwame Akono and Mr Justice Mensah reported to the police that their nephew, Joshua Annor, aged 15, went to the beach to play football with some other children but later got drowned.
DSP Oppong said the police quickly proceeded to the scene with the Acting District Chief Executive of Gomoa West and a search was conducted.
She said Dadzie and Appretsie were rescued but the 12 others were found dead.
She said the bodies of the deceased, including two females, aged 14 and 17, had been deposited at the St Luke Catholic Hospital for preservation and autopsy.
The Police PRO said investigations were ongoing.
She said Dadzie and Appretsie were rescued but the 12 others were found dead.
Meanwhile, a survivor, 15-year-old boy, Kwasi Abbrew who escaped death narrated how he survived the horrifying ordeal after he was hit by a strong tidal wave that brought him ashore.
He said they were swimming when a heavy tidal wind blew and got them drowned with their bodies carried away.
“We were over 25 and when we were being carried away by the sea, we managed to swim back but realized that some of our friends had been carried away by the tidal wave,” he narrated.
“We normally go to the area to swim on Sundays so I was a bit surprised by what happened. The second tidal wave was more dangerous as most of our friends were carried away,” he added.
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