Five people died on Saturday when their vehicle was involved in an accident on the Walewale-Bolgatanga highway.
Five others sustained injuries in the North East Region accident.
The accident involved a KIA Rhino truck with registration number UE-66-20 and a Nissan mini bus with registration number UE-154-19.
The KIA Rhino was carrying electrical engineers and poles and was heading towards Kpasenkpe in the West Mamprusi Municipality.
The mini-bus was from Bawku heading towards Tamale with 13 people on board.
In an attempt to overtake the minibus, the KIA Rhino driver reportedly lost control and crashed into the bus.
The North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Robert Anabik told Graphic Online that the deceased and injured were conveyed to the Walewale Municipal Hospital.
Eyewitness
According to the driver of the minibus, Salifu Rauf, the truck driver lost control when he was passing by him.
He indicated that all the passengers on board the minibus escaped unhurt.
"He was trying to overtake me so I also saw him coming and gave him the way."
But after overtaking me, he lost control and knocked my car into the gutter and his car also somersaulted and killed five people on the spot," he said.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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WHERE IS THE MTTD ON THESE HIGHWAYS JUST AS IT DONE IN NORTH AMERICA IN TARGETING SPEEDERS AND GIVING THEM TICKET HEAVY FINES THAT HURT THE POCKET BOOKS TO STOP THESE UNNECCESSARY ACCIDENTS DEPLITING OUR HUMAN RESOURCES. THESE DAYS YOU CAN USE GPS TO LOCATE THESE SPEEDERS TO ALET CLOSEST POLICE MTTD UNIT TO GET THEM TO GIVE THEM HEAVY FINES THAT WILL BITE HARD IN THEIR POCKET BOOKS. TO PREVENT THESE ACCIDENTS. WE INSIST THAT DULISATION OF OUR ROADS WILL STOP THESE ACCIDENTS SO WHAT HAPPEN HERE. AGAIN MTTD SHOULD GET THE BLACK BOX FROM THIS VEHICLE JUST LIKE AEROPLANE BLACKBOX TO INVESTIGATE HOW MUCH SPEED THIS VEHICLE WAS GOING, AND WHAT HAPPEN MOMENTS TO THE ACCIDENT. IF MTTD HAS NO CAPACITY PLEASE REACHOUT TO CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, BRITAIN TO GAT EDUCATION HOW TO ANALYSE THIS BLACKBOX INFORMATION. TO CHARGE WHO WAS AT FAULT IN THIS ACCIDENT. ANALYSIS CAN EVEN BE DONE IF BOTH VEHICLE GOT BURNT.