The two victims who died in last Saturday’s East Legon accident have been identified as 12-year-old girls, the police have confirmed.
The vehicle they were in, with three other people, a Honda Acura with registration number GR 2542–23 was hit from behind and trapped them inside.
It was a white Jaguar vehicle with registration GN 7801 – 20, being driven by a 16-year-old son of Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako of the Alive Chapel International, that rammed into their vehicle from behind.
The Honda Acura vehicle that the two 12-year-olds were in was being driven by Joseph Ackah with two other occupants.
The driver Joseph Ackah and the two others survived the accident, but the two girls were burnt beyond recognition.
This was because the impact of the accident forced the vehicles to hit a wooden electric pole, which caused the wires to drop on the vehicle and sparked a fire.
Cornerstone International Academy, the school the girls were attending, has announced an early midterm break following the horrific accident.
In a letter to parents, the school expressed its condolences to the affected families and announced that it would close early for the midterm break from Tuesday, October 15 to Friday, October 18, 2024.
“Our thoughts and prayers remain with the affected families, We wish those hospitalized a speedy recovery” the school’s letter read.
Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako of Alive Chapel International and the mother of his son, Mouha Amoako were on Tuesday arrested by the police for their son’s involvement in the East Legon accident.
Their son, a 16-year-old, who was driving the white Jaguar, rammed the Honda Acura at East Legon and killed the two girls on the spot.
