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  • Two dead after VIP buses crash on Asiakwa-Kyebi road

    A bus driver and one passenger have been confirmed dead after two VIP buses crashed in the Eastern Region.

    The two buses headed from Accra to Kumasi to Accra- crashed when they attempted to carry out an overtaking at the Akyem-Adukrom stretch of the Asiakwa-Kyebi road.

    According to the Kyebi MTTD Commander DSP Henry Agyemang, the main Bunso Apedwa stretch of the Accra Kumasi highway was closed to traffic on Wednesday morning following an accident on Tuesday evening involving a petrol tanker and an Opel Cardet at Asiakwa Junction which blocked the main road.

    Police personnel diverted the main Kumasi-Accra road through to Kyebi in order to clear the previous accident and prevent another fatality on the road.

    In explaining how the accident happened, DSP Agyemang said one of the VIP bus drivers who performed the first overtaking manoeuvre saw a sprinter bus coming from the Kumasi stretch and veered off the road to avoid a head-on collision but the second driver did not see the incoming vehicle on time.

    Just when he did and veered off the road, he crashed into the back of the first bus, killing himself instantly. A passenger who sat behind him also died in the hospital.

    Police have managed to open a portion of the Apedwa-Bonsu junction stretch of the Accra-Kumasi road in order to manage the situation and save lives.

    DSP Henry Agyemang cautioned drivers to be extremely careful when driving especially in the raining season to avoid fatalities on the road.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Asokore Mampong: Three persons sustain injuries as trailer runs into building

    Three persons at Aboabo Extension Number 1 in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Sunday, June 14, 2020, sustained varying degrees of injuries after a trailer vehicle run into their building.

    The trailer is said to have failed its break, veered off the road and destroyed a nearby building.

    The injured persons were subsequently rushed to the hospital.

    Over 15 persons were also rendered homeless after their homes were destroyed.

    Attah Kofi Eli, one of the persons whose rooms were destroyed by the trailer said although some persons were injured, they are more concerned about where they will be sleeping in the coming days.

    He is thus calling on the National Disaster Management Organization and other agencies to come to their aid.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Five dead in Gomoa Dabenyi accident

    Five passengers have died in an accident that occurred at Gomoa Dabenyi on the Kasoa-Winneba highway in the Central Region.

    The accident involved a Sprinter Benz Bus with registration number GX 5149-19 which was loaded with many passengers from Takoradi and was heading towards Accra.

    The other accident vehicle is a DAF Cargo truck with registration number GT 915-C had developed a fault and had been parked on the right side of the road when coming from Takoradi.

    Eyewitnesses say the Sprinter driver tried to overtake about six cars upon reaching Dabenyi Township but in the event, he spotted a cargo truck coming from Accra direction so he decided to veer off from the road and collided with the faulty Cargo truck which had reportedly been parked for about six months.

    The injured and deceased were sent to Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital by the Ghana Ambulance Service.

    It took Fire Service officers about four hours to remove the accident victims who had been stuck in the mangled vehicle.

    Meanwhile, Gomoa Buduburam Station Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, Ishmael Eshun has appealed to the government to provide them with cutting machines and other equipment to enable them to save the lives of accident victims.

     

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • 2 feared dead as Kia truck rams into traders

    A Kia truck rammed into traders and cars at Kumasi, injuring several traders and crashing into cars.

    The incident which happened at the Adehyeman market on Monday, June 8, 2020 reportedly affected 7 persons, with 2 feared dead and 5 sustaining various degrees of injury.

    The truck with registration number GT 5361-16 which was heading towards Kejetia after offloading goods had a failed brake, veered off the road and rammed into the traders and the cars.

    The injured have been rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • 5 injured in 2 separate accidents

    Four people sustained injuries in two separate accidents that occurred around Huniso and Awhitieso communities in the Western Region.

    Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei at the Tarkwa Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the first accident involved Mazda Demio taxi cab with registration number WR 8746-19 and a Toyota Tacoma Pickup with registration number GX 7251-14.

    He said on May 28, this year, at about 0900 hours, the taxi cab driver Bismark Asirifi who was transporting three passengers from Samahu towards Huniso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality, veered off his lane and crashed into a Pickup from the opposite direction, injuring the three onboard in the taxicab and the Pickup driver.

    In a related development on 29 May, 2020, Francis Edom, 47, a driver of Hyundai Grace H100 with registration number WR694-18 was driving from Takoradi towards Tarkwa and attempted to overtake a vehicle in the process collided with a Land Rover with registration number GS8408-11 and one person got injured.

    He stated that one out of the five persons injured were sent to the Tarkwa Municipal hospital for treatment and were treated and discharged while the rest were still on admission receiving further medical attention.
    Inspector Osei indicated that both the taxi cab driver and the Hyundai Grace H100 driver were in police custody at Tarkwa to assist in investigation.

    He emphasized that the necessary efforts were been made to tow all the accident vehicles to the Tarkwa police station for testing.

    Source: GNA

  • Six feared dead in Swedru-Winneba road accident

    Six passengers onboard a Hyundai Grace commercial vehicle are feared dead in an accident that occurred at Gomoa Osamkrom on the Agona Swedru-Winneba main road Tuesday afternoon.

    The accident involved a Hyundai Grace with registration number GT 4110-13 which was loaded with many passengers and was heading towards Winneba.

    The other accident vehicle is a DAF tanker truck with registration number GT 7728-16 which was heading towards a gas filling station at Agona Swedru to offload gas.

    According to information gathered by Graphic Online’s Glibert Mawuli Agbey, another vehicle did an overtaking but had to slow down abruptly in front of the tanker truck.

    In an attempt to avoid running into the vehicle which had slowed down abruptly ahead of it, the tanker driver applied his brakes whilst descending a slippery slope towards the Osamkrom township.

    In the process, the tanker skidded off the road and hit the Hyundai which veered off the road into a nearby bush.

    Officials of the Swedru Municipal Fire Service and the personnel from the Swedru Divisional unit of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service rushed to the scene to maintain law and order.

    Six passengers onboard both vehicles including the drivers and their mates who were severely injured were rescued and taken to the Swedru Government Hospital for emergency medical attention.

    However, some passengers who are yet to be identified were trapped in the Hyundai vehicle.

    For more than six hours, attempts were still underway by the security personnel to rescue them.

    Some eyewitnesses said they saw about six people trapped in the Hyundai vehicle which was under the tanker.

    Confirmation

    Confirming the incident to Graphic Online, the station Officer at the Swedru Divisional MTTD, Chief Inspector Sampson Boamah said that the rescue team would only be able to retrieve the dead bodies if the LPG gas is discharged from the tanker.

    He noted that the situation at the scene of the accident was being attended to with a lot of caution since any little mistake could lead to an explosion which may have devastating effects on the adjoining communities.

    He noted that a recovery truck is in the process of trying to remove the container so that the bodies of the passengers trapped to death could be deposited at the morgue for autopsy.

    He noted that members of the Osamkrom community who are very close to the accident have been sensitized to avoid flammable items close to the scene that could lead to the explosion of the tanker.

    Meanwhile, the Swedru-Winneba main road has been blocked to traffic as commuters and drivers would have to use alternative routes to get to their respective destinations.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Two injured, vehicles damaged in accidents at Teacher Mante

    Multiple Vehicle accident on Teacher Mante stretch of Accra to Kumasi Highways has led to injuries of drivers and damages to vehicles.

    The accidents involved four (4) vehicles, Matrix Salon car with registration number GX 4265-18 with the driver named Isaac Quashie, Howo A7 Trailer with registration number GT 3609-20, Daf Trailer with registration GT 5740-19 fully loaded with bags of cement, and Toyota Hiace with registration number GT 5740 19.

    According to an eyewitness all the four (4) vehicles were speeding from Accra direction towards Kumasi,

    On reaching a section of the road, the trailer slowed down with indicator light that it was negotiating a curve. This caused the driver in charge of the matrix Salon car to slow down.

    However, the Daf Trailer failed to reduce speed as a result crushed the Matix Salon car in front of him which made it veered off the main road, and hit the Howo Trailer

    The Daf Trailer driver lost control of the steering wheel as a result of the impact hence hit a Toyota Hiace bus which has been packed along the road with no passenger on board.

    Both drivers of the two vehicles escaped unhurt except the driver of the Daf Trailer who sustained serious injury and rushed to Nsawam Government Hospital for medical treatment.

    Source: mynewsghana.net

  • Kawukudi: Truck filled with macroni involved in accident

    A truck carrying two containers filled with macroni was on Sunday, 31 May 2020 involved in an accident at Kawukudi near Nima in Accra.

    The truck which was returning from Tema was headed towards the Dzorwulu N1 Highway.

    The driver of the truck was said to have lost its acceleration which caused the truck to fall back downwards dislodgeding its content on the road around the Kawukudi traffic light.

    There were however no casualties.

    The truck head has since been carted off by the police to the Nima Police Station.

     

    Source: Class FM

  • Heavily loaded cargo truck topples on Tema motorway

    A cargo truck headed to the Accra Central Business district from Tema has toppled on the Tema motorway, few meters away from the Toyota Ghana head office, causing an obstruction to traffic flow.

    According to the driver of the cargo truck, the accident happened after a Volkswagen saloon car tried to switch into his lane.

    Speaking in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, the driver of the cargo truck said in an attempt to avert the situation he rather ended up smashing into the Volkswagen Bora.

    The truck was heavily loaded with bags of rice, with just the driver while the saloon car with registration number GE2000V had two occupants including the driver.

    All persons escaped unscathed.

    The accident created a bit of traffic on the highway, causing Police officers to control vehicles plying that stretch to ease the jam.

    The occupants of the saloon car refused to comment when the team reached out to them.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • One year-old baby, 2 adults killed in gory accident

    A year-old baby and two male adults were killed, while 11 others suffered injuries in an accident, at Anoff near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, on Tuesday.

    The road crash, which occurred at about 8:30a.m, involved a Tipper Truck with registration number GT 9928-20, a Hyundai vehicle with registration number GT 5747-19 and Urvan vehicle with registration number GE 4369-11.

    The personnel from the Nsawam District Police and the Ghana National Fire Service were also at the scene to ensure free flow of traffic and help in rescue of victims

    The accident brought a large crowd to the scene, who wanted to catch a glimpse of the incident, and were not wearing masks or adhering to social distancing directives.

    In an interview a survivor of the accident, who pleaded anonymity, said the vehicle with number GT 5747-19 was moving from Michel Camp in the Kpone Katamaso District, to Oda in the Eastern Region, while the truck was from Nsawam direction to Adeiso.

    She said the Urvan vehicle burst it tyre and crashed into the truck resulting in the death and injuries of the occupants in the car and that of the Urvan.

    Another eyewitness said the residents who heard of the crash of the vehicles, proceeded to the scene to help rescue the victims to the hospital.

    The Nsawam District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police (Supt) Marian Adu-Owusu, who confirmed the tragedy to the Ghanaian Times, here, yesterday, said the police went to the accident scene to help rescue the injured and ensure free flow of traffic.

    He said the bodies have been taken to the Nsawam Government Hospital morgue whilst efforts were being made to trace relations of the deceased.

    The police commander said three others who were in critical condition, were transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, and investigation into the cause of the accident was ongoing.

    Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh

  • One year old baby among 3 persons dead in gory accident at Nsawam

    A year-old baby boy has been identified among three persons who died in a gory accident on Nsawam to Adieso highway on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

    The fatal motor accident occurred about 7:30 am according to the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh.

    He said a yet to be identified driver in charge of Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number GE 4369-11 from New Abrem to Accra with ten passengers on board, on reaching a section of the road at Anoff, on the Nsawam Adeiso main motor road, the driver allegedly overtook an unidentified vehicle and crashed head-on with a Howo tipper truck with registration number GT 9928-20 at the opposite lane.

    He said, the impact pushed another Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number GT 5747-19, being driven by Samuel Cabo, 41, which was behind the tipper truck with ten occupants and plunged into a gutter at the offside edge of the road, injuring all two drivers and the occupants of their vehicles.

    DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said, the Victims, including the suspect drivers, were rushed to Nsawam Government hospital and Adeiso Health Center for medical attention, however, the driver in charge of Toyota Hiace bus with registration number GE 4369-11, an unidentified male with age around 45 and the One-year-old boy on board his vehicle were pronounced dead on arrival at Nsawam Government hospital.

    The bodies of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital for identification, preservation and autopsy, whilst two adult females and one adult male yet to be identified had been referred to Korle- Bu Teaching hospital for intensive care.

    Other victims are responding to treatment.

    All the accident vehicles have been extensively damaged but towed from the accident scene.

     

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • Accident victims buried in mass grave in Kintampo

    The Kintampo Divisional Police headquarters in conjunction with Kintampo Municipal Assembly and environmental health authorities have organized a mass burial for 25 passengers who died in a gory accident last March.

    The 25 bodies could not be identified by their families after they were burnt beyond recognition in the deadly accident on March 2; and over the weekend, the authorities took the initiative to give them a peaceful rest.

    Municipal Chief Executive of Kintampo, Michael Baffoe Sarkodie, said all necessary legal procedures prior to the mass burial were followed before carrying out the mass burial.

    Some families, who suspected their relations died in the accident but could not identify their bodies, were there to lend their support to the solemn ceremony.

    One of them, James Musah, whose wife Monica Musah, also perished in the accident told the media he could now have his peace of mind since his wife has now received an eternal resting place.

    The mass burial was witnessed by some chiefs, religious leaders, security personnel and some personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) including the environmental health unit of the Kintampo Assembly and some officials from the court.

    Addressing local media after the burial, the MCE, Michael Baffoe Sarkodie, called for public discussion on the modalities to stop the frequent carnage on the road, Tamale Kintampo Highway.

    The Divisional Police Commander, DSP Francis Adjei, on his part, said the police were yet to forward the postmortem result conducted on the bodies to the appropriate authorities for action.

    The fatal accident occurred at Dawadawa near Golumpe at Kintampo in the Bono East Region on the Kumasi-Tamale highway, where the lives of 31 people, with 28 burnt beyond recognition, were cut short.

    The tragedy struck close to the area where similar road carnage claimed the lives of more than 55 on the spot, last year.

     

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Woman, 65, dies after trotro crashes into stationary truck

    A 65-year old woman died on Tuesday [May 20, 2020] after a commercial vehicle driver believed to be escaping arrest for not wearing a face mask ran his vehicle, loaded with passengers, into a stationary truck.

    The incident which happened at Kenyasi in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region has thrown family of the deceased, Janet Adumako into a state of mourning.

    According to relatives, the deceased was aboard the vehicle with her daughter, son-in-law and other passengers when the incident happened.

    The driver and the other passengers who survived the crash have been hospitalized and receiving treatment.

    The mangled vehicle with registration number AS 3792-19 has been towed to the Kenyasi Police station as police begin investigations into the matter.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Accident on Tarkwa-Damang road leave nine injured

    Nine people have sustained injuries in an accident that occurred at Aboso on the Tarkwa-Damang road in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality.

    The victims; Godfred Ayivi, Martin K Mawuli, David Mensah, Abubakar Mohammed , Wisdom Ogbeide, Emmanuel Amoah, Isaac Gyemah, Christopher Yeboah and Emmanuel Appiah, between the ages of 20-25 have been admitted at the Apinto Government Hospital.

    Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei, an investigator at the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), Tarkwa, told the Ghana News Agency that on 15 May 2020, at about 1530 hours, Kwame Addo, a 30-year-old driver with a Fiat Bucato with registration number GW 9000-15 had nine passengers on board.

    The victims, all sales representatives of Modern Marketing Ventures in Takoradi were allegedly heading towards Aboso from Tarkwa, he indicated.

    According to Inspector Osei, when the driver arrived in a community popularly known as Housing, he attempted to negotiate a sharp curve and in the process somersaulted.

    The occupants were quickly rushed to the Apinto Government Hospital for treatment.

    Three mobile phones and twenty-two sacks containing assaulted cosmetics were retrieved from the accident scene and have been conveyed to the Unit office, he added.

    He said the MTTD has commenced investigations to ascertain the cause of the accident.

     

    Source: GNA

  • Two escape death at Akyempim

    A 55-year-old taxi driver, Peter Asare, and a passenger narrowly escaped death when the vehicle they were traveling in rammed into a container store at Akyempim.

    The driver and passenger however did not sustain any injury after the accident.

    An investigator of the Tarkwa Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency at Akyempim.

    He said on Wednesday, May 13, at about 1330 hours, Asare was driving a Toyota Matrix taxi cab with registration number GR-9260-17 and had a passenger on board from Tarkwa Township towards Akyempim.

    Mr. Osei explained that when he got to a section of the road near Crown fuel station at Akyempim on the Tarkwa-Takoradi Highway, he veered off the road and bumped into a container store.

    He said the vehicle was tested by the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) and released to the owner, adding that, the driver was assisting the police to investigate the case.

     

    Source: GNA 

  • Ban sprinter buses from embarking on long journeys MTTD chief

    Kibi Divisional Commander of Motor Traffic and Transport Department(MTTD) DSP Henry Agyemang has called for Mercedes Benz Sprinter commercial buses to be banned from embarking on long journeys.

    He made the comment while commenting on an accident that claimed the lives of Eight (8) persons on the Akyem Anyinasin stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway on Tuesday night.

    DSP Henry Agyemang explained that two Mercedes Sprinter vehicles were speeding from Accra direction towards Kumasi in the evening but upon reaching the section of the road bumped into a fully loaded Cargo truck which had developed a mechanical fault in the middle of the lane.

    The first driver of Sprinter Bus managed to drive past it but the second vehicle closely following the first Vehicle crushed into the Cargo truck with registration number, AS 5280 N which had the driver of the truck and a mechanic under it fixing the fault.

    He said, the Sprinter driver and three other passengers out of eleven (11) onboard died on the spot while the driver of the Truck who was helping a mechanic fix fault on his truck was killed.

    DSP Agyemang said, three (3) out of the other injured passengers rushed to Engresi Government Hospital died upon arrival. The deceased included the only female passenger who was in the Sprinter Bus.

    Two of the injured passengers are in critical condition but the passenger who was seated at the front of the Sprinter Bus has been treated and discharged helping police with the investigation into the cause of the accident.

    DSP Agyemang told Kasapa News Akwasi Nsiah that banning Sprinter buses will go a long way in reducing accidents on our highways as this brand of vehicle is one that is known to be mostly involved in accidents due to overspeeding by drivers.

    “Sprinter buses must be stopped from going on long journeys, they are the cause of most of the accidents on our highways. The drivers love to overspeed very carelessly most of the time and end up causing needless deaths. The way to go to reduce accidents is to ban this type of commercial vehicle from embarking on intercity travels.”

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • Two die in accident at Gomoa Ankamu

    Two men met their untimely death when the taxi cab they were travelling in got involved in an accident at Gomoa Ankamu on Tuesday afternoon.

    Mr Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) who confirmed the accident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said it occurred around 14.27hrs.

    He said fire officers at the Apam Fire Station were informed about the accident and so rushed to the scene.

    Mr Hudu said the team found a taxi cab with registration number (GS 5436-19) which was travelling from Mankessim towards Accra lying on its roof with occupants trapped inside.

    He said the firemen had some difficult time removing the two occupants who were found dead.

    He said though the cause of the accident was not immediately known, the taxi cab was carrying liquid substances suspected to be alcohol.

    According to an eye witness, the taxi cab was spotted moving dangerously on the road and suddenly somersaulted and hit the rear of a Man Diesel truck ahead of it, landing off the road in the process.

    The bodies of the two unidentified men have since been deposited at the St. Louis Catholic Hospital at Apam.

     

    Source: GNA

  • Eight dead in fatal accident on Accra-Kumasi highway

    Eight (8) persons have lost their lives in a fatal accident on Accra to Kumasi Highway.

    Three (3) persons who sustained life-threatening injuries are on admission.

    The fatal accident occurred Tuesday evening around 8:30 pm on Akyem Anyinasin stretch of the highway which is a few Kilometers away from Akyem Asiakwa junction in the Eastern Region.

    The Kibi Divisional Commander of Motor Traffic and Transport Department(MTTD) DSP Henry Agyemang explained to Starr News, two Mercedes Sprinter Vehicles were speeding from Accra direction towards Kumasi in the evening but upon reaching the section of the road bumped into a fully loaded Cargo truck which had developed a mechanical fault in the middle of the lane.

    The first driver of Sprinter Bus managed to drive past it but the second vehicle closely following the first Vehicle crushed into the Cargo truck with registration number, AS 5280 N which had the driver of the truck and a mechanic under it fixing the fault.

    He said, the Sprinter driver and three other passengers out of eleven (11) onboard died on the spot while the driver of the Truck who was helping a mechanic fix fault on his truck was killed.

    DSP Agyemang said, three (3) out of the other injured passengers rushed to Engresi Government Hospital died upon arrival. The deceased included the only female passenger who was in the Sprinter Bus.

    Two of the injured passengers are in critical condition but the passenger who was seated at the front of the Sprinter Bus has been treated and discharged helping police with the investigation into the cause of the accident.

    Body of the deceased persons have been deposited at the Kibi Government Hospital morgue.

    Meanwhile, the local Police personnel worked tirelessly throughout the night till the next morning to ensure that the injured are saved while the 8 bodies were properly preserved, while the road was also cleared.

     

    Source: StarrFM 

  • NPP Asuogyaman constituency chairman reportedly involved in motor accident

    The New Patriotic Party chairman of the Asuogyaman constituency in the Eastern region, Dr Akyea Darkwa, has been involved in a motor accident Monday evening.

    Dr. Darkwa was returning from Accra with other executive members of the party, theghanareport.com monitored a JoyNews report.

    But the politician was travelling alone in his vehicle when the accident occurred.

    He is reported to have run into a broken-down truck on the Asutuare road. The said truck had no reflectors or any warning signs for motorist plying the road.

    He is currently on admission at the Akosombo hospital awaiting referral to the Saint Joseph hospital in Koforidua.

    He is reported to have sustained multiple fractured injuries in the right leg and hand.

    Source: theghanareport.com

  • Police find gunshot wound on VRA senior staff who died in gory accident

    A police report detailing the circumstances that led to the death of a senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) at Akuse in the Eastern region, who was involved in a road accident, showed that the deceased sustained a wound suspected to be from a gunshot.

    Eric Dogbe, 47, an engineer with the VRA was on Saturday, May 2 pronounced dead on arrival at the Akuse Government hospital after he was involved in a car accident with one other who was admitted.

    According to the police corona report on the death of Mr. Dogbe, the deceased was driving an unregistered Toyota Corolla vehicle with one occupant on board from Juapong to Akuse.

    “On reaching a section of the road a few metres away from the VRA Security checkpoint he lost control of the steering wheel and as a result the vehicle veered off its lane into the opposite lane and entered a canal nearby”, parts of the reports read.

    “On careful examination of the body, police found a wound suspected to be a gunshot at the right back of his shoulder”, it added.

    Meanwhile, 3ews.com gathers that family of the deceased suspect a foul play by some staff of the VRA following the revelation of gunshot wounds by the police report.

     

    Source: 3 News

  • VRA Senior Staff dies in gory accident

    A senior staff of Volta River Authority (VRA) has died in a gory accident at Akuse in the Eastern region.

    The deceased, Eric Dogbe, 46, an Engineer with VRA was driving an unregistered Toyota Corolla vehicle with one occupant Peter Horlornyo from Juapong to Akuse.

    According to eyewitnesses, the deceased who was speeding lost control of the steering wheel on reaching a section of the road few metres away from the VRA security checkpoint and as a result, the vehicle veered off its lane into the opposite lane and entered a Canal by the roadside.

    Both sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Akuse Government Hospital for treatment but Eric Dogbe was pronounced dead on arrival whilst Peter Horlonyor is said to be in critical condition.

    The body of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh confirmed the accident to Starr News. He said the Akuse Police has commenced an investigation into the incident.

    According to the Akuse District Police Command, the incident occurred on May 2, 2020 at about 16:15 pm.

    Source: Starr FM

  • COVID-19 flattens road fatalities by 40% during lockdown

    The deadly coronavirus has caused a drastic cut in road accident fatalities even though it is synonymous with deaths and hospitalisation of its victims.

    The disease which compelled President Nana Akufo-Addo to lockdown some parts of the country between March 30, 2020, and April 20, 2020, has plummeted national road mortalities by 40%, a significant slump from 115 to 69, for the same period in 2019.

    The restriction of movement placed in Accra, Kumasi, Kasoa and Tema, areas that were considered epicentres, resulted in less vehicular population and road users on the streets, according to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD).

    The Head of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, Superintendent Alex Obeng, told theghanareport.com in an exclusive interview: “While last year by now 115 Ghanaians have been killed, this year, though one death is one too many when you look at the figures, it is obvious that there has been a significant massive reduction in terms of deaths to 69”.

    Comparing statistics from the MTTD for the same period, vehicles involved in crashes reduced from 1,346 to 759, a dip of a significant 44 percent.

    Road accidents during lockdown, Source: theghanareport.com with data from MTTD

    Motor riders were banned from picking a pillion riders in order to observe social distancing protocols and resulted in a slash of motorcycle accidents from 278 to 216. There were fewer vehicles on the roads due to the temporary closure of many businesses with some personnel working from home. Only essential workers were permitted to continue normal duties. As a result, private vehicles involved in carnage declined from 606 to 280 and commercial vehicles from 462 to 263.

    Motor accidents during lockdown compared to same period in 2019
    Motor accidents during lockdown compared to the same period in 2019

    The total number of crashes reported also recorded a downward trend from 785 to 472, approximately 40% reduction.

    Pedestrian knockdown which was 173 in the previous with 36 deaths, also fell to 128 with 26 being killed.

    Head of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, Superintendent Alex Obeng
    Head of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, Superintendent Alex Obeng

    Superintendent Obeng observed, “The less vehicle and road users there are on any road space, there is a high propensity of minimal conflict leading to minimal preventable crash incidents”.

    Meanwhile, the country has recorded 1,279 total cases, with 134 recoveries and 10 deaths, as of March 24.

    The Greater Accra Region has recorded the highest number of cases with 1,089 followed by the Ashanti Region with a wide gap recording 69.

    Source:theghanareport.com

  • Kia truck kills twenty-year-old at Kwahu

    A Kia truck conveying mining equipment with registration number AS 9946-14, crashed a twenty-year-old man to death around Bonokrom junction in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region.

    The deceased, Kofi Adobia was riding an unregistered Haojin motorbike with Prince Ansah as the pillion rider when the accident happened on Monday at about 1830 hours.

    Ansah, 18, who sustained various degrees of injury, was quickly transported to the Enchi Government Hospital where he is currently on admission and receiving treatment.

    The body of the deceased, which was deposited at the same facility morgue, has been released to the family for burial after a postmortem.

    Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Henry Bacho, Divisional Commander of Enchi who confirmed the story to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said on April 20, 2020, the police had information that the deceased and the pillion rider were riding from Kwahu towards Enchi.

    He said when they reached Bonokrom junction between Samreboi and Bonokese interchange, the Kia truck which was driven by Kwame Nzuwa, 43, bumped the two which resulted in the death of Adobia while Ansah survived with injuries.

    ACP Bacho said the suspected driver fled from the accident scene but was apprehended the following day by the police at Asankragua and has been granted bail to assist investigations.

    According to the Divisional Commander, the father of the deceased later went to the Enchi police station and identified the victim as his son.

     

    Source: GNA

  • Cargo truck carrying passengers intercepted at Nkwanta South

    Police at Nkwanta South in the Oti region have intercepted a cargo truck which was transporting travelers and also loaded with other items heading towards the Northern region.

    The driver tried to outsmart security personnel stationed at various checkpoints but the police intercepted the truck through strict checks conducted in the Nkwanta South municipality.

    Detective Chief Inspector SK Gavor confirmed the incident and said: “We had information that some people were packed in a cargo truck from heading towards Nkwanta-Kpassa so we stopped the truck.”

    He added that the police had tasked the Municipal Health Directorate to conduct a surveillance medical checks on the passengers whether or not they have been infected with the deadly coronavirus disease.

    Source: pulse.com.gh

  • Man crashed to death at Akyempim

    A 24-year-old mechanic apprentice was confirmed dead in a motorbike accident that occurred at Akyempim in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality.

    The body of the deceased had since been deposited at the Tarkwa Municipal hospital morgue for autopsy.

    An investigator at the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) in Tarkwa, Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei who disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said that at about 2200 hours, Nana Hayford, now deceased, was riding Haojin motorbike with registration number M-20-WT 286 from Takoradi towards Aboso in the Prestea Huni-Valley constituency.

    Chief Inspector Osei said on reaching a section of the road at Akyempim, the deceased ran into a stationary earth-moving equipment belonging to Asabea Engineering construction Limited.

    He stated that the deceased sustained severe head injury and was conveyed to the Tarkwa Municipal hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

    Source: GNA

  • Vehicle runs over 9-year-old at Anyinam

    Information available to MyNewsGh.com is that a nine-year-old girl has been killed by an over speeding Toyota Corolla Saloon Car

    According to an eye witness who gave his name as Anim, the girl was knocked down by the car when she was crossing the road in Anyinam in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region.

    “I was here when she was sent to buy airtime, there was no car coming just as she reached the halfway from nowhere an over speeding corolla saloon hit her off the road…she died instantly,” he told MyNewsGh.com.

    He added that the driver of the saloon car together with one person is a critical condition and they have been admitted to Saviour Hospital at Akyem Osiem.

    The eyewitness added that the girl by virtue of the fact she is a Muslim, has since been buried by the family in accordance with the Islamic custom.

     

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Porridge seller dies in freak motor crash in Kumasi

    A porridge seller has died after she was struck by a vehicle at Adiebeba, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

    Suweiba Jibrim, 28, was selling at her usual joint when the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

    She was confirmed dead by officers who were called to the horrifying scene.

    Her body was dismembered and the remains were deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, when Dailymailgh.com visited.

    Francis Baah, who survived with minor injuries, is on medication after he was discharged from a hospital.

    Baah said the vehicle which was coming from the Ahodwo-roundabout while on top speed, veered towards their direction when the driver lost control.

    “As usual I went to buy porridge this morning by the roadside. While I was standing there, a vehicle which was on top speed came from the direction of town. It came towards our direction and hit us. I could not get up when I fell, then I saw a Taxi cab driver and called him.

    “He came to my aid and took me to the hospital. From the hospital, we proceeded to the police post at Ahodwo and we were asked to go to the Asokwa Police station. I had a cut on my lips, my head was also affected and I also sustained injuries on the arm,” he narrated to Dailymailgh.com.

    Residents of Ahinsan, where the deceased lived, are in shock.

    Sympathizers, family members and onlookers gathered to mourn the porridge seller, who, many described as a calm and respectful person.

    Mother of the deceased, Memuna Jibrim who could not hold back her tears described her daughter as a hard worker, adding that she has lost a caretaker.

    “I have nothing to say, I have left everything to God,” she tearfully shouted.

    Meanwhile, the suspect driver of the Hyundai vehicle with registration number GR 682-16 has been detained at the Asokwa District Police Command as part of investigations.

    The vehicle has since been towed and parked at the police station.

    Suweiba, who left behind two children will be buried in accordance with Islamic rites, one of her relatives told Dailymailgh.com.

     

    Source: dailymailgh.com

  • Kumasi: Porridge seller crushed to death in fatal crash

    A 28-year old porridge seller died instantly after a vehicle ran into her while she was selling at a joint at Adiebeba, a suburb in the Kumasi metropolis.

    The incident which happened in the early hours of Wednesday threw the entire community of Adiebeba and family of the deceased into a state of shock.

    The dismembered body parts of the deceased, Suweiba Jibrim, had been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) morgue.

    The Hyundai vehicle with registration number GR 682-16, driven by a young female was said to have lost control and veered off the Ahodwo-Daban main street killing the porridge seller instantly and injuring a customer who was being served.

    The injured victim, Francis Baah who sustained various injuries is on medication after he was discharged from the hospital.

    Narrating the incident to Citi News, the victim said, the vehicle which was coming from the Ahodwo-roundabout while on top speed, veered towards their direction when the driver lost control.

    “I went to buy porridge this morning by the roadside. While I was standing there, a vehicle which was on top speed came from the direction of town. It came towards our direction and hit us. I could not get up when I fell, then I saw a Taxi cab driver and called him. He came to my aid and took me to the hospital. From the hospital, we proceeded to the police post at Ahodwo and we were asked to go to the Asokwa Police station. I had a cut on my lips, my head was also affected and I also sustained injuries on the arm, he narrated

    At the Ahinsan residence of the deceased, relatives, neighbours and sympathizers as well as onlookers gathered to mourn the porridge seller, who, many described as a calm and respectful person.

    Mother of the deceased, Memuna Jibrim who could not hold back her tears described her daughter as a hard worker adding that she has lost a caretaker.

    “I have nothing to say, I have left everything to God,” she grieved.

    Meanwhile, the driver of the vehicle has been detained at the Asokwa Divisional Police Command and the vehicle has also been towed and parked at the Police station.

    Police say they have begun investigations into the incident.

    The deceased, who left behind two children will be buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Pick-up lands on its back in police induced accident

    A double cabin pick-up somersaulted and landed on its back, while a Toyota Vitz also got seriously dented after the two vehicles collided Monday morning at the Airport Junction traffic intersection around the Airport View Hotel.

    The incident occurred when a police outrider accompanying a V8 car from the Tetteh-Quarshie end of the road and heading towards 37 signaled for cars from that end to move on while the traffic light showed red.

    This was to clear the road for the V8 car he was accompanying to move on without hindrance.

    As the cars from the Tetteh Quarshie end started moving, a Toyota Vitz car collided with a pick-up car which was coming from the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) end of the road heading towards the Airport View Hotel road.

    Traffic lights directing traffic from the KIA end was green so the vehicles were already moving.

    The pick-up somersaulted as a result of the collision and landed on its back.

    Security personnel and onlookers managed to pull out those in the pick-up and also had to turn it onto its wheels.

    As at the time Graphic Online was leaving the scene, the injured drivers were being sent to the Hospital for treatment.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • STC bus in near fatal accident, 21 injured

    An STC bus carrying fifty (50) passengers has been involved in an accident at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after a tyre burst.

    The Driver Michael Oduro, 44, and twenty (20) other passengers who sustained varying degrees of injuries were rushed to the theatre of Holy Family Hospital in Nkawkaw for treatment.

    The accident occurred Friday, March 27, 2020, at about 12:30 pm.

    According to the driver Michael Oduro, 44, who was driving the Scania Marcopollo STC Bus with registration Number GE 8126 16 en route from Accra to Brekum in Brong Ahafo Region, on reaching a section of the road at Kwahu Saafi on the dual carriageway stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway, the front tyre burst while descending a hill, as a result, lost control over the steering wheel and veered off the road and ran into a ditch causing damage to the vehicle and injuring the passengers.

    The Nkawkaw Police, personnel from Fire Service and Ambulance Service quickly rushed to the scene to rescue the passengers and rushed those injured to the Hospital.

    Sargeant Abiwu Samuel, from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of Ghana Police Service in charge of the investigation, noted the driver would assist with the investigation after he is treated and discharged.

    Meanwhile, the bus has been towed from the accident scene.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Mass burial of Kintampo road crash victims put on hold over Coronavirus outbreak

    A decision by the Kintampo North Municipal Assembly in the Bono East Region to bury victims of a recent road crash en mass has been put on hold as authorities put in place measures to combat COVID-19.

    The Assembly took the mass burial decision after 25 out of 27 charred bodies from the crash could not be identified.

    Speaking to Citi News, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo North, Michael Sarkodie Baffoe said a specific date is yet to be set for the burial.

    We are unable to identify the bodies and so we have taken a decision to give them mass burial. Anytime the families come and they tell us that they are unable to identify them, we cannot go ahead to inter them because of the purposes of evidential accuracy. We have not fixed a date although we have taken a decision for mass burial. We were looking at the issue currently facing all of us which has come up strongly. So in a way it has distorted our plans to bury them in the shortest possible time.”

    The Assembly finally reached an agreement with families of persons who died in a recent crash at Kintampo for a mass burial.

    It was after 25 out of the 27 charred bodies recovered from the scene of the crash on the Kintampo-Tamale highway were unclaimed.

    Family members were given some time to organize themselves and come and identify the remains of their relatives.

    The crash involved a high occupancy passenger bus and a Sprinter minibus which collided head-on and caught fire.

    31 passengers dead

    31 passengers were confirmed dead as a result of a fatal crash earlier in March that resulted in a fire outbreak at Dawadawa Number 2 on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway.

    Some of the passengers were burned beyond recognition as a result of the crash.

    There were about six survivors who were sent to nearby health facilities.

    The Kintampo Divisional Crime Officer, DSP Kwabena Gbagbo, told Citi News in an interview that the crash involved a bus moving from Bawku towards Techiman and a 23-seater Sprinter.

    The crash is the most fatal since the Dompoase crash which claimed 35 lives in January 2020.

     

    Source: citinewsroom

  • Kintampo crash: Assembly ready for mass burial of 25 unclaimed bodies

    The Kintampo Municipal Assembly says it has finally reached an agreement with families of persons who died in a recent crash at Kintampo for a mass burial.

    25 out of the 27 charred bodies recovered from the scene of the crash on the Kintampo-Tamale highway in the Bono East Region have still not been claimed.

    The crash involved a high occupancy passenger bus and a Sprinter minibus which collided head-on and caught fire.

    The Municipal Chief Executive of Kintampo North Assembly, Michael Sarkodie Baffoe, said they are yet to come up with an appropriate date to carry out the mass burial.

    “We have 25 of them there that could not be identified. We are looking for a suitable date to have them all interred. The Police, MTTD, they have held themselves in readiness by way of materials and they are waiting for the appropriate date for us to inter all of them,” he said.

    31 passengers dead

    31 passengers were confirmed dead as a result of a fatal crash earlier in March that resulted in a fire outbreak at Dawadawa Number 2 on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway.

    Some of the passengers were burned beyond recognition as a result of the crash.

    There were about six survivors who were sent to nearby health facilities.

    The Kintampo Divisional Crime Officer, DSP Kwabena Gbagbo, told Citi News in an interview that the crash involved a bus moving from Bawku towards Techiman and a 23-seater Sprinter.

    The crash is the most fatal since the Dompoase crash which claimed 35 lives in January 2020.

    In that crash, an Intercity bus collided head-on with another bus at Dompoase near Elmina in the Central Region.

    The Kintampo area has seen some of the most gruesome road crashes in recent years.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • 3 die in Teacher Mante accident

    Three people have been confirmed dead in a two-vehicle crash at Beposo, near Teacher Mante, along the Suhum-Nsawam highway in the Eastern Region, police have said.

    The victims were among 31 passengers in a KIA bus that crashed with a fully loaded DAF articulated truck registered AE 191312 which was travelling from Kumasi to Aflao.

    The police, in a statement, said the incident occurred around 1:45 am at a section of the road at Beposo on Saturday.

    The statement indicated that the truck, which was driven by one Yahaya Iddrisu, was loaded with agro chemical products belonging to Bentronic Company in Kumasi.

    According to the statement, the unidentified driver of the KIA bus, in an attempt to overtake another in front of him, ran into the articulated truck that was coming from the opposite direction.

    The police added that the remaining occupants of both vehicles, who suffered various degrees of injury, were rushed to the Suhum Government Hospital.

    The police said the KIA bus, in the process, ran into a ditch at the opposite lane and overturned, with the wheels facing the road.

    The statement added that personnel of the National Fire Service and the National Ambulance Service from Suhum were in attendance to assist in conveying the victims to hospital.

    “Efforts are being made to remove the mangled articulated truck which blocked one side of the road … to pave the way for the free flow of traffic,” it added.

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • 3 killed, 20 injured in fatal Accra-Kumasi highway accident

    Three persons have died while 20 others are injured in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway Saturday.

    The injured persons were rushed to the Suhum and Nsawam Government Hospitals while the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue.

    The accident which involved articulated truck and passenger bus occurred at Teacher-Mante stretch of the Highways.

    A witness, Kwadwo Minta, Staff of the National Disaster Management Organization stationed in the area told Starr News, the articulated truck with registration number AE 1913 -12 from the Kumasi direction crashed the side of the Bus with registration number GT 5425-20 coming from the opposite direction.

    He said the Bus somersaulted and landed at the roadside. According to him, one of the accident vehicles was overtaking.

    The Ayensuano District NADMO Director Joseph Okai Gyan who later got to the scene told Starr News the situation has created gridlock but emergency service workers are working to get the vehicles towed away.

    It comes five days after the country recorded a horrible accident on the Kintampo road which involved a Sprinter Benz Bus and Yutong Bus that led to the death of 35 passengers.

     

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Girl, 4, killed by her school bus in freak accident

    A Muslim couple in the Ashanti Regional town of Sawaba, is in grief after their four-year-old daughter died on the spot after she was run over by her school bus Wednesday.

    The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 am when the deceased, Aisha Abdul Aziz and her seven-year-old brother had converged at a usual point near their home to be bused to school.

    She reportedly tripped and fell while crossing the road and got trapped under the bus, witnesses had told Dailymailgh.com.

    The deceased was confirmed dead by officers who arrived at the scene.

    The driver was immediately handed over to the police at Asokore Mampong to assist with investigations.

    Asokore Mampong District Commander, DSP Jibril Bala, said management of Happy Royals Academy, the school the deceased attended, has also been invited for questioning.

    “For now we are still investigating. Dockets will be forwarded to the Attorney General for advise”, the Police Chief explained.

    The school bus with registration number AS 6088 E has since been impounded by the police.

    Correspondent, Jonathan Ofori, however, reports that the body of the deceased has been buried according to Islamic tradition.

    Father of the deceased 37-year-old Abdul Aziz Muktar said he is devastated by the loss.

    “I am saddened. But what can I do. I leave everything to God for now”, he sobbed.

    Source: DAilmailgh.com

  • MTTD to deploy accident prevention squad

    The Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service says it will deploy accident prevention squad to accident-prone areas to curb the menace following some fatal accidents in the country.

    The latest accident which occurred on the Kintampo-Tamale highway on Monday dawn, March 9, 2020, claimed 30 lives with 27 of them burnt beyond recognition.

    In response to this, the head of Education Research and Training of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Alexander Obeng in an interview on Starr FM today said the department is going to deploy its accident prevention squad on various roads in the country to conduct inspections.

    ”For us what is also important is that we go beyond this and ensure that strategically we will deploy our accident prevention squad to be on the highway particularly during the day in certain instances stop such vehicles, inspect what we need to inspect on those vehicles and allow the drivers to proceed. In that way, the drivers will have alighted, stretched a bit and would have been asked certain questions, even if the driver is feeling a bit sleepy, would have gotten over it”.

    Superintendent Alexander Obeng also said there is a need for a review in registering and regulating the work to drivers to ensure compliance with road safety regulations.

    ”These are things we will also do to assist, however, the best approach is to have an institutional framework that will also assist for transport operators to regulate and also to have certain devices in such vehicles to support such enforcement,” he added.

    The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) on its part has called for an all hands on deck approach in reducing carnages on our roads.

    Meanwhile, statistics proved that in January 2020 over 200 people have lost their lives as a result of road accidents in the country.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Transport Minister meets transport unions following deadly Kintampo accident

    The Transport Ministry has met with transport unions following the Kintampo accident.

    The Sector Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah said so far at least 400 people have died since December 2019.

    He said the meeting with the transport union was opening room for the drivers and the executives of the union to share thoughts on how to curb the issue.

    Present at the meeting was The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), VIP among others.

    On Monday dawn [March 9, 2020] a fatal crash involving a Sprinter bus and Grandbird bus on the Tamale-Kintampo road led to the death of 31 people with many of them burnt beyond recognition due to a resultant fire outbreak.

    The Kintampo Highway has been tugged as one of Ghana’s most dangerous roads as thousands have perished through accidents on the road.

    On February 17, 2016, 53 people died on the stretch when a Metro mass bus and a truck rammed into each other along the same stretch.

    Then on April 15, 2018, 4 people died through another accident there.

    In September 2019 8 were killed and many more were injured as a result of an accident.

    In 2018 the National Road Safety Authority labeled the Kintampo-Tamale stretch as one of the most dangerous Highways in Ghana.

    A report revealed that between 2004 and 2011 that stretch had recorded 939 road crashes with 2,523 casualties.

    The Kintampo highway has been described as a death trap by many.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Road Safety Authority calls for public support in curbing road accidents

    The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is calling for an all-hands-on-deck approach in reducing carnages on our roads.

    Yesterday, March 9, 2020, a horrific accident occurred on the Kintampo-Tamale highway claiming 30 lives and burning 27 persons beyond recognition.

    The accident involved two buses, a Yutong bus and Benz Sprinter.

    The Yutong bus reportedly veered off its lane and collided with the sprinter bus causing both vehicles to glow up in flames.

    In reaction to the accident which occurred yesterday, the Executive Director of the Authority, May Obiri-Yeboah speaking on Starr FM, called on stakeholders to collaborate and curb the menace of road accidents in the country.

    ”A lot of these accidents are human-centred. The causes,90% or more are human factors before you come to the nature of roads. Trying to address this, drivers need to be checked at the stations especially the logical aspects of them, every aspect of the driver must be checked to ensure that he is safe to be behind the steer before setting off.”

    “Also, those of us who are stakeholders, what we also are supposed to be doing as stakeholders, as human beings what we can make the journey successful. Then our various roads, where road safety must educate the general public and drivers”.

    She further indicated that: “Also, the engineers how they can look at the proper design of our roads. When it comes to the vehicles, the DVLA check whether the roadworthiness are being laid out properly to ensure that we are getting somewhere. When it comes to enforcement, we must ensure that these are being enforced to ensure safety”.

    However, police in Kintampo in the Bono East Region are appealing to the public to assist the service in identifying bodies of the 27 victims who were burnt beyond recognition in yesterday’s accident.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Fire Service’s advise to Ghanaians after Kintampo accident

    The Ghana National Fire Service has advised the general public after the Kintampo-Tamale Highway accident.

    After the accident on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway in which at least 28 people were burnt beyond recognition, Divisional Officer II Ellis Robinson Okoe said drivers must always make sure their vehicles are functioning properly before moving them.

    “Whenever you wake up in the morning you do what we call ……drill, it involves checking the level of oil in the vehicle, checking whether there is enough water in the vehicle and checking other things like the brake to ensure that they are functioning properly before the car is moved. You must also ensure that when you are moving the vehicle there is an extinguisher in the vehicle if there is an electrical fault it can result in a fire outbreak, apart from that you have to check your tyre….”

    He has also advised the public to take note of emergency exit points when boarding a vehicle.

    “There should be some basic entry and exit emergency route that could be used during accidents and people must familiarise themselves with such emergency exit routes.”

    Accident

    At least 28 persons have been confirmed dead after two buses collided on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway.

    The deceased in the crash were burned beyond recognition after the wreckage caught fire. There were six survivors who have been sent to nearby health facilities.

    The Kintampo Divisional Crime Officer, DSP Kwabena Gbagbo said the crash happened around 3 am on Monday, March 9, 2020.

    One of the buses involved in the crash was from Bawku and was headed to Techiman when the crash occurred near an area called Dawadawa No 2. It had about 11 passengers on board.

    The other vehicle was a Sprinter bus with about 23 passengers.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Survivor of Kintampo accident blames incident on ‘sleepy’ Yutong bus driver

    One of the six survivors of the Kintampo Highway accident has blamed the incident on the Yutong bus driver.

    She said it appears the driver was sleeping and veered off his lane and collided head-on with the Sprinter bus.

    The pregnant woman [name unknown] narrated the incident to Joy News.

    “It appears our driver was asleep, so he veered off his lane into the lane of the Sprinter bus leading to the head-on collision, the vehicles started burning, all I could hear was screaming from the Sprinter bus but there was nobody to help them, lot’s of cars passed, we tried stopping them but none stopped to help”.

    The death toll of the accident is pegged around 30, with over 20 of them burnt beyond recognition.

    The families of the victims are finding it difficult to identify the bodies as they have been burnt beyond recognition.

    Meanwhile Municipal Chief Executive of the Kintampo area Michael Sarkodie Baffour says they may be forced to organize a mass burial as it has become difficult to identify the bodies because they are burnt beyond recognition.

    “For now we have no option except to ask the medical authorities how they can identify the bodies else we would have to go with a mass burial”.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Policeman reportedly perishes in Kintampo fatal accident

    A Police Officer whose name has been given as Emmanuel Yen is part of passengers that have been involved in the ghastly accident that occurred Monday dawn on the Kintampo highway.

    Emmanuel Yen who hails from the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region served as an Assembly Member for Zua Electoral area until his recruitment into the security service. He is stationed at Suhum in the Eastern Region and was returning to his duty post from the Upper East Region when the accident occurred.

    The information available to A1 News reveals that among the accident victims was a woman from Dasobligo in the Nabdam District whose name has not been known yet.

    According to insider information from families of the deceased, arrangements have therefore been made for the identification of the bodies for burial.

    The Police Officer is survived by two children and a heavily pregnant wife.

    Many are reported dead after a Yutong bus is said to have collided with a Benz Sprinter bus with registration number AS 1801-18 on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway in the Bono-East region.

    Reports have it that both vehicles went up in flames after the collision and about thirty passengers have been burnt beyond recognition in the inferno.

    Source: a1radioonline.com

  • Kintampo accident: Death toll rises to 35

    The death toll in the Kintampo accident has risen to 35, the regional minister has told Starr News.

    Others who were injured are currently receiving medical attention at a nearby hospital.

    “Per the briefing I have 35 lives have been lost. 27 burnt beyond recognition. 6 injured and in critical condition. One escaped with a scratch. Our preliminary suspicion is that one of the vehicles had a can loaded with extra fuel. That aggravated the extent of the blaze during the accident,” Bono East Regional Minister Kofi Amoakohene speaking on the Starr

    The accident occurred Monday morning, a police source told Starr News.

    An eyewitness Wiafe Akenteng told Starr News the accident involved a benz sprinter and Yutong buses.

    “The bodies are burnt beyond recognition. It is difficult to even make them out especially to separate men from women. Both drivers are dead, one of them is still trapped under his vehicle,” he told Francis Abban on the Morning.

    The sprinter, according to him, drove into the lane of the Yutong causing the accident.

    Emergency service workers are currently on the scene working to clear the area for traffic.

    Source: Starrfmonline.com

  • Kintampo accident: 6 survive with multiple injuries

    Six passengers survived the deadly Kintampo-Tamale road accident on Monday dawn with multiple injuries, DGN Online has gathered.

    However, 31 persons lost their lives, whiles a total of 28 passengers were burnt beyond recognition.

    A police officer stationed at Suhum in the Eastern Region is believed to be amongst the dead.

    That was after buses in which they were traveling collided.

    The dead are burnt beyond recognition and efforts are underway by security personnel to convey the over 30 burnt bodies to Kintampo Government Hospital.

    According to police report, only six passengers survived in the accident though authorities are unable to tell the number of passengers on board the two vehicles.

    According to police report from Kintampo, a ground Bird bus loaded with green paper and tomatoes with 12 people on board was travelling from Bawku in It Upper West Region towards Kumasi when it veered off its lane and collided with a Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus with registration number AS 1801-18 also from Kumasi towards Tamale at a section of the road near Dawada.

    Both drivers are dead and their names yet to be identified.

    Bodies of the passengers are burnt beyond recognition and are also yet to be identified.

     

    Source: Dailyguidenetwork.com

  • 27 people burnt to death in Kintampo-Tamale road crash

    27 passengers have been reportedly burnt to death in an accident at Kawompe on the Kintampo-Tamale stretch of the highway in the Bono East region.

    The accident occurred Monday morning, a police source told Starr News.

    An eyewitness Wiafe Akenteng told Starr News the accident involved a benz sprinter and Yutong buses.

    “The bodies are burnt beyond recognition. It is difficult to even make them out especially to separate men from women. Both drivers are dead, one of them is still trapped under his vehicle,” he told Francis Abban on the Morning.

    The sprinter, according to him, drove into the lane of the Yutong causing the accident.

    Emergency service workers are currently on the scene working to clear the area for traffic.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • E/R: Three die, 12 others injured after road crash at Atwemamena

    Three persons have died in a road crash at Atwemamena near Akim Asafo on the Accra-Kumasi Highway.

    The incident happened on Saturday, March 7, 2020, when 40-year-old Mutala Mohamed, the driver of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter bus, with registration number, GS 5869 19, which had passengers on board and was heading towards Kumasi tried to overtake a King Long bus ahead of him.

    On reaching a section of the road at Atwemamena near Akim Asafo in the Eastern Region, he tried to overtake the King Long bus, while ascending a hill without observing traffic ahead.

    The King Long bus with registration number GM 4906-13 also had passengers on board and was heading towards the Kumasi direction. The bus according to the police was being driven by Aminu Gariba, 35.

    The police in a statement said the Sprinter bus nearly crashed with an unidentified vehicle from the opposite direction and in an attempt to prevent a head-on collision “veered into the nearside and crashed into the King [Long] bus.”

    “Both vehicles landed in a nearby bush at the nearside when facing Kumasi direction. Passengers onboard the Sprinter bus sustained various degrees of injury and were rushed to Kibi, Suhum Government hospitals and Hawa Memorial Hospital at Osiem for treatment,” the statement added.

    The police said three persons two males and one female died on the spot.

    The bodies have been deposited at the Suhum Government [morgue] for preservation, identification and autopsy.

    10 of the victims who sustained injuries were rushed to the Kibi Hospital and two were sent to the Osiem Hospital, according to the police.

    “Personnel from Suhum MTTD, the National Highway and Suhum District patrol teams were at the scene to control traffic. Police called in the Ghana National fire Service Ghana National Ambulance service and National Road Safety Management recovery truck to the scene to assist. Accident vehicles were towed from the scene for free-flow of traffic,” the statement added.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Three TOPP workers, motor rider perish in an accident

    Three workers of the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) and a motor rider have been confirmed dead after their vehicle and a motorbike got involved in an accident in the early hours of Thursday at Twifo Praso.

    Fourteen others, three of whom are in critical condition, sustained various degrees of injuries and are receiving treatment at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) where they were referred to.

    Mr Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service who confirmed the tragic incident to the Ghana News Agency said two persons died on the spot while the other two were confirmed dead at the hospital.

    He said the bus with the registration number (GT 5768-15) belonging to the Company was on its routine rounds to pick workers of TOPP to their workplace but upon reaching a section of the road between Twifo Praso – Twifo Hemang, the driver of the bus attempted to swerve a motor rider who crossed him but was not successful.

    He said the bus hit the motor rider, somersaulted and landed in a ditch. The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Twifo Praso Government Hospital morgue.

     

    Source: GNA

  • 4 dead, 3 others in critical condition after Twifo-Praso crash

    Three workers of the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) and a motor rider have been confirmed dead after their vehicle and the motor bike got involved in an accident in the early hours of Thursday at Twifo Praso.

    Fourteen others, three of whom are in critical condition, sustained various degrees of injuries and are receiving treatment at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) where they were referred to.

    Mr Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service who confirmed the tragic incident said, two persons died on the spot while the other two were confirmed dead at the hospital.

    He said the bus with the registration number, GT 5768-15, belonging to the Company was on its routine rounds to pick workers of TOPP to their workplace but upon reaching a section of the road between Twifo-Praso and Twifo-Hemang, the driver of the bus attempted to swerve a motor rider who crossed him but was not successful.

    He said the bus hit the motor rider, somersaulted and landed in a ditch.

    The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Twifo-Praso Government Hospital morgue.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Banning of ‘accident’ vehicles will increase crime rate – MP warns govt

    Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Alexander Hottordze has warned government of its imminent decision to ban the importation of over-aged and salvaged vehicles in the country.

    According to the MP, this action by government can result in an increase in crime rate in Ghana.

    The Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu disclosed government’s decision to ban over-aged vehicles in an Accra based radio station, Okay FM last month.

    According to him, the decision to ban the importation of over-aged and salvaged cars into the country is to create the enabling environment and market for the many automobile companies about to establish outlets in Ghana. Not only that, but he also said they are the reasons why we have so many accidents on our roads.

    With that government has initiated processes in Parliament to ban the importation of overaged and accident vehicles.

    The Customs amendments bill currently in Parliament when passed will regulate importation of vehicles.

    However, the Minority in Parliament has called for the withdrawal of the bill because of its financial implications and the loss of jobs associated with its implementation.

    In response to government’s decision, Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Alexander R Hottordze on Starr FM today, indicated that the bill if passed will create job losses and subsequently result in increase in crime rate in the country

    “When they are talking about salvaged vehicles, I mean those vehicles which were involved in accident and maybe something was done on them and sold out. Then also, second-hand vehicles that are beyond 10 years are the over-aged ones, in Ghana today most of the vehicles we ride are salvaged ones. And we can see that this has engaged a lot of our youth in the industry. If we should pass a law to move them out where are we sending them?.”

    He further indicated that: Look at the crime rate already in the country and we are going to take people out of jobs like we did to the banks? Look at what is happening now, a lot of people died and the crime rate is increasing day in and day out. If the youth are told to go home today, who feeds them and those who depend on them?.”

    However, the Automobile Dealers Union Ghana (ADUG), had called on government to hold broader consultations with all stakeholders in the automobile industry, regarding the intended regulation and a possible ban on the importation of some category of second-hand and salvaged vehicles.

    Currently, overaged vehicles are allowed into the country after payment of penalty.

     

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • Caterpillar kills 3 in gory crash

    There were bloody scenes at Aputuogya Nkwanta in the Bosomtwe District when three people were killed in a gory crash on Friday morning.

    A speeding caterpillar reportedly veered off the road and ran over four people, killing three instantly.

    The fourth victim, who survived the bloody accident, reportedly sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed to hospital.

    The exact identities of the three deceased persons and the injured were not immediately available.

    An eyewitness disclosed that around 7 am on Friday, the victims were standing in front of their house when from nowhere the caterpillar, which was working on a road in the vicinity, suddenly veered off the road and ran over them.

    The police are yet to ascertain whether the caterpillar driver lost control of the steering wheel or whether it was due to a fault.

    The eyewitness said the accident attracted a lot of curious people to the scene, who tried in vain to rescue the victims trapped under the heavy duty machine.

    The whereabouts of the driver of the caterpillar was not immediately known but sources said the police were investigating the crash.

     

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Caterpillar crashes Gari and beans seller, 2 others to death in Kumasi

    A gari and beans seller was among three people who died instantly when a Pee Loader known locally as caterpillar failed its breaks and crashed into hawkers at Aputuogya Nkwanta in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

    Several others also sustained varied degrees of injuries in the process.

    The unfortunate incident which occurred around 8:30am has thrown the community into a state of mourning.

    An eyewitness, Kwabena Nuamah narrated that the victims including the injured were rushed to Kuntenase hospital.

    According to him, the caterpillar failed breaks and run into the hawkers killing the three instantly.

    Two out of the three died on the spot; and this included the gari and beans seller who was busily serving her customers.

    The victims are currently receiving treatment.

    Source: Angel FM