A tricycle rider has died in a horrific crash with an Ambulance Vehicle in Koforidua, the Eastern regional capital.
The crash occurred near the Methodist church along the Old estate to SSNIT traffic light road.
The ambulance vehicle was en route to St. Joseph hospital to pick up an emergency case to Accra however the tricycle rider recklessly crossed the driver whilst other cars had given way to the ambulance.
The impact ejected the rider and a passenger aboard under the ambulance which crushed them.
The victims were removed and rushed to the hospital in the accident ambulance but the rider died shortly after arrival at the hospital.
The injured passenger is however responding to treatment.
The Police MTTD visited the scene and after taking inventories towed the pragia tricycle to the Regional Police Headquarters.
The family of the deceased in Accra has been informed.
The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Ambulance Service, Michael Gaani told Bryt FM News “It happened Friday, September 23, 2022. The ambulance was going for an emergency to Accra for a CT scan. So other cars stopped giving him the way and this rider thought he could be fast and go. So the Pragya grazed the side of the ambulance and it hit him on the chest. So he died.”
Michael Gaani, a driver of an ambulance vehicle in the region lamented how drivers are facing serious obstruction from facing reckless riding of tricycle riders in parts of the region.
“On Tuesday one of the Pragya hit the back of our ambulance at Aburi and destroyed all the lights. They are crashing our ambulances and killing themselves. The riders do not know the regulations on the road and they are just riding anyhow”.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah/Solomon Kwaku Nuwordu
