A total of 18 people have perished in three separate crashes in parts of Eastern region during the weekend.
Eight (8) passengers aboard commercial Hyundai Vehicle with registration Number GB 4644 – 20 from Juapong heading to Accra died when the vehicle collided head -on with a long heavy duty track with registration GT 6473-21 after he failed to wait for the truck to pass at a narrow section of the road where Grandbird Bus had been stationery.
Same day in the afternoon, a Toyota Corolla Car with registration number GE 4157-23 driven by an Engineer with Electricity Company of Ghana knocked down pedestrian,Grace Adu,60, to death and crashed subsequently at Nyamebekyere on Koforidua to Adukrom road.
On Sunday morning, nine(9) passengers died on the spot when two Toyota Hiace buses belonging to 2M Express company Limited collided head-on at Birimso near Bunso stretch of the Accra to Kumasi highway.
Nineteen (19) other passengers with serious injuries have been admitted at Kibi government hospital and Hawa Memorial Saviour Hospital in Osiem.
The two buses with registration number GN 3229-21 and GN 8292-20 with a total of 28 passengers aboard were speeding.
Witnesses say, the bus from Accra allegedly did wrong overtaking veering off to the lane of the oncoming bus from Kumasi colliding head-on at Birimso stretch of the highway where a trailer truck carting container had been involved in a crash a with the container on the shoulders of the road .
Drivers and residents nearby rushed to the scene to support rescue effort .
Kwaku Dan and Koffie, both drivers at Bunso spoke to Bryt FM.
According to Bunso Station Officer of Ghana National Fire Service ,ADO II Samuel Doe, they dispatched rescue team to the scene immediately after receiving distress call about the crash
around 4:30am.
He said victims trapped in the car were extricated and were sent to Kibi Government Hospital and Hawa Memorial Saviour Hospital in Kyebi and Osiem respectively.
ADO II confirmed 9 passengers died on the spot while other victims were seriously injured.
Source:Mybrytfmonline. com/Kojo Ansah
