13 persons have been killed while 11 others have sustained varied levels of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Kumasi-Accra road on Sunday October 3.
The accident which occurred at about 10:30 PM involved an Accra-Kumasi bound bus and a Cargo Truck at Konongo in the Ashanti Region.
Confirming the the accident to journalists, the Konongo Commander of Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Paa Yeboah said, “The Cargo Truck was coming from the Kumasi direction to Accra and the OA Bus was coming from the Accra direction towards Wa with passengers though the bus wasn’t full.
“The passengers together with the driver and the mate, there were 26 persons on board.”
“There was a truck ahead of the bus and in an attempt to overtake, it crashed into the other at the front part and both vehicles fell into a ditch. 13 people died on the spot and about 11 others injured.”
Source: A1Radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Ghana
