At least 13 passengers died on the spot on Sunday when an OA bus and a Cargo truck collided at Ohene Nkwanta near Konongo in the Ashanti Region, the police have confirmed.
Speaking with Wilberforce Asare on Asaase FM Monday (4 October ) Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) Commander of Konongo DSP Stephen Paa Yeboah said eleven other passengers who also sustained injuries are currently receiving medical attention at the Konongo Government Hospital .
“Yesterday around 10:50 pm we received information that there was an accident at Duayaw Nkwanta on the Konongo Accra Kumasi -Highway, we proceeded to the scene and found an OA bus and a Cargo truck loaded with goods from Kumasi to Accra.”
“The cause of the accident, the information gathered is that the Cargo Truck as it was coming from Kumasi saw a truck ahead of him and he avoided it and veered into the other lane and crashed with the OA bus causing that accident of which 13 people perished on the spot,” he said.
DSP Stephen Paa Yeboah appealed to government to erect speed ramps on that stretch to reduce the spate of accident in the area.
Statistics from the National Road Safety Authority NRSA shows that Over 1,000 persons have been killed through road accidents in the country this year alone.
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