At least seven passengers lost their lives on the Akuse and Kpong highway in the Lower ManyaKrobo Municipality after a mini bus they were travelling on was involved in an accidenton Saturday.
Another six other passengers, two males and four females are on admission at the
According to Police sources at Akuse, the accident, which occurred just before
The source said that the
The attempted overtaking was said to have happened at a section of the road where a faulty sky bus with registration number GW 6464-22 had been abandoned for the past two weeks.
The
Unfortunately, it was too late with the nearness of the articulator truck leaving it very little time to save the situation as it rammed into the
The impact of the crash resulted in the
Both the injured and dead were rushed to the Akuse government hospital by emergency team consisting of personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service, Ambulance Service and the
Six passengers out of the eight persons aboard the vehicle died on the spot while one more died from the injuries at the
The situation resulted in a gridlock for several hours until the police managed to control the traffic congestion on that stretch.
According to police source, its outfit has begun investigations into the cause of the accident.
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