Three first-year technical students from Daboase Senior High Technical School lost their lives after attempting to swim in the dangerously flooded River Subri.
The unfortunate incident occurred on Saturday when a group of seven students allegedly sneaked out of the school premises to engage in the ill-fated swimming excursion.
The students, all of whom were boarders, managed to leave the dormitory without the knowledge of the school authorities and their housemaster.
Two of the bodies have been recovered from the river and are currently in the morgue at Effia-Nkwanta Teaching Hospital.
The District Chief Executive for Wassa East, Emmanuel Boakye, who confirmed the news to the media, indicated that the three were in the company of four others who went to swim.
However, a rescue team assembled by the District Security Council, led by District Chief Executive Emmanuel Boakye, is tirelessly searching for the missing student.