A DETACHMENT of ZOIL Life Guards has rescued a cargo truck driver and his two mates who had an accident in the Oti River at Dambai in the Volta Region with their vehicle.
The truck driver, Joe Nasandi with his two mates on board the vehicle, which was disembarking from the ferry boat Ndewura Jakpa, fell into the river due to misjudgement.
The truck, a Bedford with registration number AS 2799C, was fully loaded with over 1,000 tubers of yams and sacks of gari, maize and groundnuts.
The 10 rescuers, who were the leaders of a team of 130 life guards, had just arrived and reported to Mr Raphael Ogyemoko, the District Chief Executive for Krachi East when the disaster alarm sounded.
Mr Ogyemoko, therefore, dispatched them to the scene and to the admiration of the crowd who had gathered at the place, they rescued the three persons, the truck and the foodstuffs.
The Krachi East District Co-ordinating Director, Mr Gado Musah, commended the lifeguards, adding that their presence had been timely.
For his part, Nana Kwaku Beyennor II, chief of Dambai, expressed his satisfaction at the intervention of the guards and said they were ready to make their stay a happy one since they had come to help save lives.
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