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  • 6 Killed at Bunso junction

    Six Persons have been confirmed dead, with 12 others injured in a dawn crash at Akyem Nsutam near Bunso Junction on the Accra-Kumasi Highway.

    According to reports, the gory accident occurred when a white sprinter bus with registration number AW 221 14 travelling from Accra to Kumasi collided head-on with a cement truck also with registration number GE 1465 12 from Kumasi to Accra.

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    An eyewitness told DGN Online that the sprinter bus was overspeeding.

    The eyewitness said the bus tried to overtake other vehicles and unfortunately ended up colliding head-on with the truck.

    Six persons in the Sprinter bus, DGN Online gathered, died on the spot.

    The 12 injured passengers were rushed to the Kyebi Government hospital and Osiem, Hawa Memorial hospital for treatment.

     

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Speeding driver kills 4 school children

    Four children have been killed by a speeding driver at Egya No. 2, a suburb of Anomabo, a community along the Cape-Coast-Accra Highway.

    One other child, according to eyewitnesses is in a critical condition at the Saltpond Hospital.

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    The children were on their way home from school on Tuesday afternoon when the accident occurred as they crossed the road.

    The driver of the Hyundai 4×4 vehicle has been arrested and is currently in the Saltpond Police custody.

    But residents of the area are incensed. In their anger, they blocked the Anomabo section of the Highway in protest of the killings as they claim the accident is the second in a week.

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    They claim that another driver knocked and killed seven people on the same stretch Monday.

    According to them, many requests for speed ramps to be constructed on that portion of the road have fallen on deaf ears.

    Police, however, managed to clear the road for traffic to flow and the driver will be put before court today.

     

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • One feared dead in accident in Kumasi, six others in critical condition

    One person is feared dead and six others in critical condition after a vehicle rammed into some traders at Roman Hill in Kumasi.

    The incident happened at about 10:30 am on Monday when the driver of a mini Urvan bus with registration number AS 6403-Y lost control his steering wheel.

    The Station Officer at the Manhyia Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department, Chief Inspector Bernard Ngoah who was at the scene of the incident confirmed the incident to Citi News.

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    The victims, mostly traders were selling along portions of the streets when the incident happened.

    They were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) for treatment.

    “We had a distress call from the police information room that there was an accident at Roman Hill, so I rushed there together with other investigators. When got there it was true the incident happened. We gathered that some people were pushing the vehicle when the driver lost control and ran into the traders who were trading along the streets. We initially realized that six persons sustained injuries, but the other victim who was trapped under the vehicle was later rescued and taken to the hospital”, he explained

    The driver of the vehicle who also sustained injuries has been discharged from the hospital and now in police custody.

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    Police officers said they have begun investigations into the incident.

    Police also indicated that the vehicle will be taken to the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) for technical examination to ascertain claims made by the driver on the cause of the accident.

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • DCE in car crash hours after campaign manager dies in accident

    The District Chief Executive for Upper West Akyem, Eugene Sackey, has been hospitalised after he was involved in a near-fatal accident on the Suhum to Nsawam Stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway.

    The accident occurred Friday, September 20, 2019. The official vehicle of the DCE collided head-on with a speeding commercial vehicle.

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    The DCE also contesting the Primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the area is currently on admission at GraceVille Medical Center.

    An aide to the DCE, Jeffrey Ewusi William confirmed the accident to Starr News.

    According to him, the DCE is recuperating.

    The accident comes at the back of a fatal motorbike accident which led to the death of his campaign manager -Alfred Koranteng Thursday.

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    The DCE recently filled his nomination to seek for reelection as Parliamentary Candidate for the third time in the Constituency, which has been occupied by NDC since 1992.

    In 2012, Eugene Sackey was defeated by then-incumbent Member of Parliament Joseph Sam Amankwanor by some 3,100 votes. Sackey, however, closed the gap to about 400 in the 2016 parliamentary and presidential election.

    The DCE is therefore hopeful of winning the seat for the NPP in 2020 if given the nod as Parliamentary Candidate for the third time.

     

    Source: starrfm.com.gh