A 15-year-old boy has been knocked down to death by a vehicle at Owuram, a community near Asamankese in the Eastern Region.
The accident occurred on Monday, December 21, 2020, at about 1:00pm when the suspect driver Andrews Appiah, 30, was driving a Toyota RAV4 with an unregistered number plate, DV9768-20 traveling from Akyem Tafo towards Akyem Oda but on reaching a section of the motor road at Owuram community near Asamankese, he lost control of the steering wheel and veered off to his nearside edge of the road, as a result, he knocked down the victim Benjamin Tetteh aged 15 years who was standing beside a shop.
The impact of the crash caused damage to a portion of a nearby building and a Haojue motorbike with registration number M-17-GR 3816 which was parked by the roadside.
The victim Benjamin Tetteh sustained various degrees of injuries and was rushed to Asamankese Government Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body of the deceased person was deposited at the same Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
The suspect driver Andrews Appiah also in Police custody for further interrogation and investigation with both the accident vehicle and Haojue motor bike impounded at the station.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
