The Eastern Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) Abdulai Bawa Ghamsah has bemoaned the high spate of fatal vehicle crashes in the Eastern Region.
According to him, about 214 persons have been killed while over 1000 injured so far this year through road accidents in the region.
He said most of the deaths were recorded on the Eastern Region stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway particularly Nsawam – Kyekyewere to Suhum stretch.
The comments by the Director follow a fatal accident which occurred at Kyekyewere Community near Nsawam to Suhum stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in on Tuesday morning around 5:30am.
The accident happened when a Burkina Faso bound DAF Cargo Truck crashed two buses leading to the death of at least eleven(14 ) passengers at the spot while over 80 others have sustained serious injuries.
Body parts of the victims were found littered all over the accident scene.
The dead persons include a Child.
The fully loaded DAF Cargo Truck from Accra direction heading towards Kumasi burst a tyre hence veered off its single lane and crashed two buses fully loaded with passengers from Kumasi to Accra.
The Buses are STC bus with registration number GE 8131-16 and another Bus with registration Number GT4997 -20.
Personnel from the Ghana Police Service, Ambulance, and National Disaster Management Organization were at the scene to rescue the victims to Nsawam and Suhum Government Hospitals. While dead bodies and pieces of body parts conveyed to the morgue.
The Eastern Regional Director of NRSA Abdualai Bawa Ghamsah believes the dualization of the Accra to Kumasi Highway road would help prevent such fatal accident questioning while the dualization project has not been prioritized by governments.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
