Nine (9) passengers including a six-month-old baby have been confirmed dead in a fatal crash on the Akyem Apedwa stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region.
The accident happened on August 21, 2021, at about 6:40pm according to the Suhum Police command.
The crash, according to the Police occurred when the suspect driver yet to be identified as driving a Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus with registration number GT 7394-14 with passengers on board from Nkawkaw towards Accra direction on reaching a section of the road at Apedwa pig farm junction on the Accra-Kumasi highway made an unsafe overtaken without observing traffic from the opposite direction.
According to the vehicle, therefore, crashed with a DAF trailer truck with registration number 2459 T1 03 for the head and 2458 T1 03 for the rear.
The driver of the trailer who was coming from Accra direction has been identified as Yakouba Sanogo age 34.
Six (6) female passengers including about six months old baby and three (3) males died on the spot.
The bodies were deposited at Suhum Government Hospital mortuary for preservation, identification, and autopsy.
The remaining victims were rushed to the same Hospital and Kibi Government hospital for treatment.
The road has since been cleared for the free flow of traffic.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
