A truck driver narrowly escaped death when a heavy load under escort fell onto his truck and another vehicle at Abura Dunkwa in the Central Region.
According to a report shared on the social media platform X by EDHUB, the driver, who was badly affected by the accident, survived miraculously but sustained injuries.
He was extricated from the wreckage and rushed to the hospital for treatment.
This incident recalls a similar tragedy that took place in November 2020, when two individuals, a man believed to be a worker at a rubber processing factory in the Western Region and a woman, lost their lives after a metal container fell on the vehicle they were traveling in along the Takoradi Vodafone highway.
The metal container, which was loaded with cocoa beans, had fallen off an articulated truck heading toward the Takoradi Harbour and crashed onto a Daewoo car carrying two occupants.
The passengers were trapped inside the car, but emergency responders from the Ghana National Fire Service and a Road Safety recovery truck managed to free them. Sadly, they were declared dead at the scene, and their bodies were taken to the Effia Nkwanta Government Hospital morgue in Sekondi for autopsy.
The damaged vehicles were later towed to the Western Regional MTTD yard in Sekondi for investigation.
The truck driver, Emmanuel Kwaku, aged 32, was arrested and prosecuted for the incident.
Tragic incident as a heavy load under escort falls onto a truck and another vehicle. pic.twitter.com/cS6PaikYZc
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) November 20, 2024
UPDATE: Nobody died in the truck or the other vehicle after the load fell on them. The driver of the truck, who was closely impacted, miraculously survived the incident and was rescued, sustaining some injuries. The accident occurred on the Abura Dunkwa to Assin Fosu road. https://t.co/nqLUVqvcRL pic.twitter.com/68Qo50wiSm
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) November 20, 2024