A twenty-seven-year-old medical doctor of the Nkawkaw Kenop Care Hospital, identified as Dr Enock Ofosu Boakye, was found dead in his car which was submerged in the Okwe stream, near the Akuse Junction, in the early hours of Monday.
The Akuse District Commander of the Police, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Francis Ackah, said around 4:30 a.m. Monday, the police received a distress call from a community member from Okwenya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region that someone had been found dead in his car in the Okwe stream.
He said when the police got to the scene, they saw the traffic indicator lights of the car in the stream.
With the assistance of personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service at Kpong and some members of the Okwenya community, ASP Ackah said the body and the Toyota Corolla, with registration number GE 9954-14, were retrieved from the stream.
He said preliminary investigation at the scene showed that Dr Boakye was coming from the Somanya direction towards the Akuse Junction when the incident occurred.
ASP Ackah said when the police searched the pockets of the deceased, they found the car’s ignition key in his back pocket.
According to the District Commander, Dr Boakye might have removed the ignition key when he fell into the stream with the car.
He said the body had been deposited at the Akuse Government Hospital for autopsy.
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