Mr. Saah’s wife was one of those who died through the flood accident<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nLoved ones and other well-wishers have thronged the Kasoa residence of a survivor of the Adjei Kojo flood accident, Emmanuel Saah, to commiserate with the family.<\/p>\n
His wife was part of mourners travelling from Tema to Accra on Sunday who got drowned together with a soldier couple and 13 others on the Tema Motorway.<\/p>\n
Mr. Saah who was also in the pickup bed managed to swim to safety but now has to deal with the trauma of losing his wife, with his only child. The 11-year-old has been missing since the unfortunate incident. <\/p>\n
He narrated what happened to Joy News\u2019 Maxwell Agbagba who visited him at the family house.<\/p>\n
According to him, they attended a funeral at Tema and just when they were about to leave, it started raining heavily.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were 17 in all, with three people sitting in the pick-up while 13 others were sitting in the bed of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore we got to the Ashiaman bridge area, the front tyre of the vehicle hit a pothole and the impact made the vehicle veer off the road landing into a culvert sort of,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
This threw the car out of control and with those in the bed landing into the water collected at the bridge. It was survival for life as everyone struggled to save their life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver, a soldier as well as a soldier couple who were also inside the pickup all died on the spot. It was a very difficult and traumatic situation\u2026just when I tried to come out of the pool of water, I fell back into the water because of the strong current.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI managed to cling to a stick at the edge of the water and come out,\u201d he recounted how he survived the situation. <\/p>\n
A visibly shaken Mr. Saah told the reporter that at the time, he did not see his wife and child but one other survivor told him she was with his child.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she managed to hold onto my child for some time after the accident but because of the current, she had to let go and save herself. I never saw my wife after the accident.<\/p>\n
\u201cLosing my child Ato Kwamina has left me devastated\u2026at least I will be at peace once I find the body\u2026three days and counting and I have still not found my child which has left me very sad,\u201d the teary father said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mr. Saah’s wife was one of those who died through the flood accident<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n