At least 22 individuals including four women have been confirmed dead in a road collision involving a passenger bus and a truck Sunday evening in Kintampo in the Bono East Region – about 430km (270 miles) from the capital Accra.
Several other passengers, according to eyewitnesses, are receiving treatment at the Kintampo Government Hospital.
Six other passengers, according to the Bono East regional minister, Kwasi Adu Gyan, are in critical condition.
“It’s a very sad incident,” Gyan said after visiting the injured at the hospital on Monday (6 March). “Six are in critical condition and really need serious attention.”
The accident involved a Yendi-Kumasi bound bus, with registration number, AS 4635-22 with about 50 passengers on board along with the driver and his conductor.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus crashed into the truck loaded with tiles.
Emergency officials including the police and fire service were at the scene to save lives.
In 2020, around the same time, 35 people, including women and children, were killed when two buses collided in Kintampo, also left six people in critical condition.
Crashes are common on highways in Ghana because of poor maintenance, disregard for traffic regulations, and bad roads.
An average of six people reportedly die daily on Ghana’s roads.
Source: asaaseradio.com
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Sad, needless lost of precious lives resulting from human error. The challenge facing Ghana currently is that most of the long distance roads are single lane. The Techiman- Kintampo- Tamale- Bolga-paga highway is such a long distance and very busy . As to why drivers fail to rest when tired is difficult to explain. More driving on a busy road at night is even more dangerous. We have these long truck vehicles with multiple highlights, on meeting another incoming vehicle they put on all these lights thus blinding other drivers. The police must ensure that such multiple highlights fixed by drivers are removed. Most of these lights were not installed by the manufacturer, it's the drivers who fixed them to bully other drivers. Government has a lot to do. In some countries two separate roads are constructed leading to the same area. Vehicles traveling from Kumasi to Accra are on 1 road. Those traveling from Accra to Kumasi are on a different road far away. These is no way two vehicles will collide. Until that is done these avoidable accidents will continue to happen. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾