Six persons died in an accident that occurred at Mpauso, near Drobo in the Jaman South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region on Saturday.
People on board the Ford vehicle were travelling from Drobo in Jaman South District to an unknown destination when the accident occurred at Mpauso.
There were a total of 14 passengers onboard the Ford vehicle with registration number AS 4818-17.
Other passengers, who sustained various degrees of injury, were rushed to St Mary’s Hospital at Drobo.
The injured are currently said to be responding to treatment.
An eyewitness, Kwame Osahene told DAILY GUIDE that the two motorbikes were heading towards Drobo, the Jaman South capital, while the Ford vehicle was also returning from Barno to Tainso, all in the Jaman South District when the accident occurred in a sharp curve between Mpausu and Dwenim.
According to an eyewitness, the two motorbikes with five passengers collided with the Ford vehicle in the curve.
All the five passengers on the motorbikes and one in the Ford died instantly, according to him.
Police in the region are yet to identify the bodies which have been deposited at the mortuary of the Drobo Government Hospital.
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