The Motor traffic and transport department of the Ghana Police service has commenced investigation into the fatal accident on Akyem Begoro to Osiem Highway which claimed lives of five persons.
According to the Police ,on Tuesday May 17,2022 at about 14: 41 pm it received information that there was an accident along Begoro – Osiem road near Akrumusu village.
Detective Sergeant Prosper Tetteh led Lance Corporal Agoalikum Rudolf and PW/Constable Rita Nyarko on board Service vehicle driven by Sergeant Alex Yeboah together with ADOII Antwi Opoku, Fire Officer in charge of six men proceeded to the scene of accident and met 28 seater Benz Bus with registration number GR 4074 – E loaded with charcoal and maize which was upside down in a gutter with its tyres facing upward at a sharp curve near Akrumusu village.
According to the Police ,the driver, Solomon Owusu and one Kofi Boateng aged 46 were rescued and rushed to Begoro District Hospital.
While five persons whose names were given to Police by a survivor Kofi Boateng as, Kwame Atta, “Scorpion”, Kofi, Kwesi and Issac Teye were trapped by the bags of charcoal and maize.
They where also removed and rushed to Begoro District Hospital but were pronounced dead by Arthur Rita, a Physician Assistant of the said Hospital.
The bodies have since been deposited at same Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command ,DSP Ebenezer Tetteh , as part of the investigation , the scene was Photographs and important positions were marked down for measurement to be taken while the survivors interrogated to help established the cause of the accident.
Meanwhile ,one of the survivors has said they were from Donkorkrom heading towards Akim Agogo that the driver failed break.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
