On the Accra-Kumasi Highway, a passenger who had apparently been ejected from a commercial vehicle after his health reportedly declined throughout the trip was saved by Detective Sargeant Bright Armah of service No. 42810.
The passenger was located by Armah, a police officer assigned to the Apedwa police station in the East Akim District of the Eastern Region, who promised to take the man to the nearest hospital right once.
According to a Starr FM report, the distressed passenger identified as Henry Owusu Agyemang Ankobea in his 40s believed to be traveling from Asante Bekwai to Accra was allegedly removed from the vehicle he was aboard after his health condition worsened and was gasping for breathe.
The good samaritan police officer offered to help at a time most passers-by were afraid to assist for fear of the unknown.
Armah narrated the incident to Starr News: “About 4:30pm, I came across a sick passenger whom according to eyewitnesses was abandoned by a commercial vehicle he was aboard at Apedwa Junction.
“They assisted him to cross the road to the other side of the road but fell on the ground dying but the people around were afraid and helpless .
“So when I got there I hired a taxi and rushed him to Apedwa Health Center but was referred to Kibi government hospital in the evening around 8:00pm. He had some Ghc300 in his pocket so I used part of it for the medical expenses,” Detective Sargeant Armah told Starr News Eastern Regional correspondent Kojo Ansah.
Unfortunately, the passenger died whiles on admission at the health facility and even before his relative, a military officer, would arrive at the hospital.
“So I called the family members, I called one man who gave his identity as Military officer and said the man was his cousin. Unfortunately, the man died at dawn before the arrival of the family members the next morning and the body deposited at Kibi mortuary,” the police officer said.